Philippine Senate

Rule Changes

Granted Dela Rosa protective custody; held NBI agents in contempt

Philippine Senator Ronald 'Bato' dela Rosa was placed under Senate protective custody Monday after the ICC unsealed an arrest warrant. The warrant names him for crimes against humanity and cites at least 32 killings during the anti-drug campaign he ran as national police chief from 2016 to 2018.

Updated May 31

Rule Changes

Investigating landfill safety and RA 9003 enforcement

The Payatas garbage dump in Quezon City collapsed in July 2000, killing at least 218 people and spurring the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, which banned open dumpsites and mandated sanitary landfills with engineering safeguards. Twenty-five years later, Cebu's Binaliw landfill collapsed under nearly identical circumstances—oversaturated waste piled too high on too steep a slope—killing 36 sanitation workers.

Updated May 22

Rule Changes

Trying the case

The Philippine Senate put on judicial robes Monday and opened the second impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. The House charges her with stealing public money, hiding wealth, and plotting to have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. killed.

Updated May 18