There was “no right or wrong” in enforcing warrants to arrest lawmakers, Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla maintained.

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate was unable to resume its session on Monday after the 13-member majority bloc skipped the plenary, days after minority senators staged a walkout. Only 11 senators – Senate Minority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, Sens. Juan Miguel Zubiri, Kiko Pangilinan,  Panfilo Lacson,  JV Ejercito, Sherwin Gatchalian, Risa Hontiveros, Bam Aquino,

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate minority bloc said the absence of the majority during Monday’s session was a boycott following the arrest of Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, not a call for Senate independence as Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano claimed. All 11 minority senators, or the Solid Bloc-11 (SB-11), waited two hours for the 5 p.m.

MANILA, Philippines—No bettor won the Grand Lotto 6/55 and Mega Lotto 6/45 jackpots in Monday’s PCSO draws. According to the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, the Grand Lotto 6/55 combination was 36-04-09-44-42-24 for a jackpot of ₱45 million. No ticket matched all six numbers. The Mega Lotto 6/45 winning combination was 28-38-41-35-40-05 for a jackpot of

The bicameral conference committee adopted the reconciled version of Senate Bill No. 1894, principally sponsored and authored by Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda, and House Bill No. 8476, enhancing the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act (RA 10931). Legarda led the deliberations and final approval of the reconciled measure. The bill institutionalizes the

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Consumers in the Visayas should brace for possibly more rotational brownouts as the region’s grid will likely remain strained in the coming weeks, according to energy stakeholders. The Department of Energy (DOE) on Monday, June 1, forecast that the available supply in the Visayas grid will continue to fall below peak

The House prosecution panel will oppose any attempt to dismiss the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte

MANILA – The forced outage of 10 additional generating units across several power plants in the Visayas on Monday prompted the extension of the yellow alert status by an hour, or until 10 p.m., and the implementation of manual load dropping (MLD) in parts of the region. In an updated advisory, the National Grid Corporation

Alex Eala and Nikola Bartunkova lost their first-round doubles match to the British duo of Harriet Dart and Maia Lumsden in the Lexus Birmingham Open on Monday, June 1. Lasting one hour and 28 minutes, the match went to a tiebreak, after both pairs took one set each. The Brits eventually won, 6-4, 2-6, 11-9.

“Let the Senate go quiet.” This was Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano's challenge to the minority senators