Metro Manila, Philippines – Less than a week after the abrupt leadership change, Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano said there are efforts from the minority bloc to oust him. In an interview with reporters on Thursday, May 14, Cayetano accused the minority of persuading majority members to switch sides. “Expected naman ‘yun eh [That’s expected],”...
Metro Manila, Philippines – Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV the gunfire scare inside the Senate was “planned” and “staged” to benefit Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano. In an interview on The Newsmaker, Trillanes raised suspicions over the gunshots during the tense standoff. “Knowing Alan Cayetano, you have to be...
Metro Manila, Philippines – Netflix will roll out its ad-supported subscription plan in the Philippines beginning in 2027 as the streaming giant expands its lower-cost offering to 15 additional countries worldwide. In a statement, Netflix said the Philippines will join Austria, Belgium, Colombia, Denmark, Indonesia, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland,...
Metro Manila, Philippines – Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said he has “zero expectations” of Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla as he called for a nationwide manhunt for Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa after his escape from the Senate complex while facing an International Criminal Court arrest warrant. In an interview on The Newsmaker, Trillanes criticized...
Metro Manila, Philippines – As tension and gunfire erupted inside the Philippine Senate, where Senator Ronald dela Rosa had taken refuge to evade arrest and later escaped, Llore Pasco, the mother of two sons killed in an anti-drugs campaign, said the scene felt painfully familiar. For her, it reinforced the same injustice that pushed many...
Beijing, China – China’s Xi Jinping told President Donald Trump that trade talks were making progress at the start of a two-day summit on Thursday, but cautioned that disagreement over Taiwan could send relations down a dangerous path and even lead to conflict. Xi’s remarks on Taiwan, the democratically governed island claimed by Beijing, came in a closed-door meeting of...
Metro Manila, Philippines – The Senate will convene as an Impeachment Court on Monday, May 18 at 3 p.m., or at the soonest possible time after receiving the Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte from the House of Representatives, Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano said on Thursday, May 14. Cayetano said the Senate...
Metro Manila, Philippines – Authorities are looking into the possibility that the gunfire scare at the Senate halls was “staged,” National Bureau of Investigation Director Melvin Matibag said the morning after the chaos. In a briefing with Palace press officer Claire Castro on Thursday, May 14, Matibag was asked to comment on the ties between...
Metro Manila, Philippines – Questions have emerged over the relationship between Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca following a tense standoff with law enforcers near the Senate complex. Aplasca, a retired police general, is reportedly a “mistah” or schoolmate from the Philippine Military Academy (PMA), raising concerns about possible connections influencing...
Metro Manila, Philippines – A lawmaker-prosecutor has called on the defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte to decide whether to pursue their case before the Supreme Court or the Impeachment Court, saying both tracks cannot be taken simultaneously. In an interview on The Newsmaker, Bicol Saro Rep. Terry Ridon questioned the legal strategy of...
Metro Manila, Philippines- Malacañang said Senate security personnel fired the first warning shot during a tense scene inside the Senate building, while citing sources that embattled Senator Bato Dela Rosa is no longer in the premises. “Agad nagpaputok ng warning shot si Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca. At dahil doon, napilitan ding magpaputok ng warning shot ang...
Metro Manila, Philippines – The Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte was transmitted to the Senate in an orderly manner after gunshots rang out and caused a commotion at the chamber’s building on Wednesday evening, May 13, House Secretary General Cheloy Garafil said. Records showed that the Senate received the documents and the...
