Gunfire, farce and fugitive Philippine Senator Bato dela Rosa

The Philippine Senate has witnessed political coups, scandals and the occasional shouting match. It had never, until this week, seen a sitting senator sprint down its corridors in a muddy olive shirt, knocking aside female investigators like bowling pins, to avoid an international arrest warrant for crimes against humanity. That was Monday. By Wednesday night, gunshots were ringing out in the building that houses the upper chamber of the country’s Congress. “I worked in the Senate for 15 year...

By Raissa Robles

Gunfire in Philippine Senate: Stand-off shows extent to which Duterte bloc would protect their own - The Straits Times

Gunfire in Philippine Senate: Stand-off shows extent to which Duterte bloc would protect their own  The Straits Times

FACT CHECK: No prior knowledge of Senate shooting, minority bloc says

Hontiveros and Pangilinan say they left to attend to prior commitments; Tulfo said minority senators went home after Cayetano changed an all-senator caucus to a majority-only meeting

By Rappler.com

Ombudsman to probe Senate shooting incident

MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman will conduct its own investigation on the shooting incident inside the Senate last May 13, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla said on Friday.  Remulla said the separate investigation would allay public fears of a whitewashing of the incident. “We’re in the process of forming a panel. That will

By Alexander Magno