State-run pension fund Social Security System (SSS) has invested half a billion pesos in a listed property company headed by diplomat Jose E. B. Antonio, stock exchange filings show. The P500-million deal between Antonio-led Century Properties Group, Inc. and SSS gives the state insurer a 6.39 percent stake in the listed developer that is behind brands Trump Tower at Century City, Century City Mall, and PHirst Park Homes.

House Speaker Martin Romualdez’s wife, Yedda Marie Romualdez, is set to join him and their son in Congress as a Tingog Party-list representative, following the resignation of three nominees.

The proposed Aug. 4 reconvening of the Senate impeachment court - set a week after Congress opens its session - has raised eyebrows among some newly elected senators who see it as another delay in the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.