00:01Gunshots are heard at the Senate as Senator Bato de la Rosa hunkers down to avoid arrest.
00:06Five senators sign a resolution urging Bato de la Rosa to surrender to authorities.
00:12Filipinos are urged to vote better after the heated debate between Senators Robin Padilla and Kiko Pangilinan.
00:18Former President Rodrigo Duterte eyes former ICC Bar Association President Peter Haynes as his new lawyer.
00:24And groups file petitions with the Commission on Higher Education to scrap the new general education curriculum.
00:39Gunshots are heard in the Senate building Wednesday evening where Senator Bato de la Rosa is hunkering down to avoid
00:44arrest.
00:45Armed personnel stormed into the right wing of the building moments before the gunshots.
00:49Senate security locks down the building and instructs reporters to exit immediately.
00:54Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano goes live on Facebook to confirm the situation as majority Senators were holding a caucus.
01:01This is the Senate of the Philippines. May putukan na po dito.
01:05So sa lahat ng nakikinig, please, DND, DILG, what is happening?
01:14NBI, what is happening? Why are we under attack here?
01:17Acting Senate Sergeant at Arms Police Major General Mao Aplaska earlier said,
01:21the Senate will not surrender de la Rosa unless there's a directive from a local court.
01:36Meantime, Senator Bato de la Rosa fails to get immediate relief from the Supreme Court as it withholds a temporary
01:42restraining order.
01:43The TRO would have blocked his possible arrest following a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court.
01:49The High Court instead directed respondents to file their respective comments within 72 hours of receipt of the SC resolution,
01:56excluding weekends.
01:58The justices will vote on whether or not to grant the TRO request only after receiving a comment and reply
02:03from the parties involved.
02:05De la Rosa has repeatedly said he will continue taking refuge in the Senate until the High Court decides on
02:10his petition.
02:11All this as the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte are delivered to the Senate complex.
02:19Five Senators signed a resolution urging Senator Bato de la Rosa to surrender amid the International Criminal Court warrant against
02:26him.
02:26Senate Resolution No. 395 urges de la Rosa to seek judicial remedies in accordance with the Constitution.
02:32The Senators who prepared and signed the resolution are former Senate President Tito Soto, Senators Bam Aquino, Risa Ontiveros, Ping
02:41Lacson, and Kiko Pangilinan.
02:43The Senators are poised to be members of the minority after the Senate shake-up with the ousting of Soto
02:48and the election of Alan Peter Cayetano as Senate President.
02:51Meantime, de la Rosa sings the Philippine Military Academy hymn on his third day at the Senate building.
03:21He says this is to call for peaceful support from his fellow PMA graduates.
03:25De la Rosa belongs to the PMAC Nagtala class of 1986.
03:29This is de la Rosa's latest attempt to frame his ICC case as an issue of nationalism.
03:35He has repeatedly said that he should be tried for his alleged crimes on Philippine soil.
03:39The Senator is using the tradition of no arrest within the Senate premises to evade his ICC warrant.
03:47Social media users say the clash of Senators Robin Padilla and Kiko Pangilinan should be a lesson for all voters
03:53to choose wisely.
03:55Padilla eyes on ethics complaint against Pangilinan after their heated debate in a plenary session.
04:00During the session, Padilla sought answers on the looming arrest of De la Rosa due to an ICC warrant.
04:05Pangilinan pointed out the issue should be tackled by the Senate Committee on Rules and not on the floor so
04:10that other concerns can be discussed.
04:12While he was talking, Padilla talked over him, prompting Pangilinan to raise his voice to stress that he still had
04:17a floor.
04:18After this, Padilla informed the floor that he will file an ethics complaint against Pangilinan.
04:23Session was suspended to ease the tension but during the recess, Pangilinan reached out his hand to Padilla for a
04:28handshake but the latter refused.
04:29In a Facebook post, Pangilinan says he witnessed many heated discussions but this was the first time a possible ethics
04:35complaint was being raised.
04:37He also says, quote,
04:38Huwag maging balat si buyas.
04:42Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte eyes international criminal and humanitarian law expert Peter Haynes as his new lawyer.
04:49The lawyer's name was revealed on Tuesday, May 12, Manila time, after the ICC released the unredacted version of Nicholas
04:55Kaufman's request to withdraw.
04:56Haynes was the president of the ICC Bar Association from 2019 to 2021.
05:01He will be Duterte's official lawyer once the ICC registry approves his formal appointment.
05:06Haynes will not defend Duterte at the upcoming trial since the ICC pretrial chamber confirmed all three counts of crimes
05:12against humanity case.
05:13Based on his profile from St. Philip's Barristers, Haynes has over 20 years of experience handling cases before The Hague.
05:22Teacher, students, and advocacy groups filed petitions with the Commission on Higher Education to scrap the new proposed general education
05:28tertiary curriculum.
05:29The Alliance of Concerned Teachers Philippines says it submitted separate position papers and filed a petition that listed its demands.
05:36The petition also gathered around 2,000 signatures.
05:39The group say CHED's proposed GE overhaul would displace teachers amid the market-driven direction of the country's higher education.
05:45Act Philippines' Vice Chairperson Karl-Marc Ramota says the petition asks CHED to stop the implementation of the reframed curriculum.
05:53It also urges CHED to conduct a wide, democratic, participatory consultation with stakeholders.
05:59Meantime, Ateneo de Manila University comments the reformed units limit the ability of institutions to design their curriculum according to
06:07their mission and objectives.
06:08It also recommends the assumptions in the curriculum overhaul be reviewed realistically to inform the revisions of the GE better.
06:17And that's today's wrap. I'm JC Gutinga. Thank you for watching.
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