WATCH: Cervical spine x-ray results reveal Sen. Rodante Marcoleta is suffering from “degenerative disc disease” that requires rehabilitation therapy, according to the PNP General Hospital (PNPGH).
He was also diagnosed with “mild pneumonia, according to P/LtCol Benaly Bayani, the chief of the Internal Medicine Department of the PNPGH.
Marcoleta has been confined at the PNP General Hospital since Monday, July 6, after initially complaining of chest pain and high blood pressure following his arrest over a plunder case. | via @jun_veneracion
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Rodrigo Duterte's new lead defense counsel, Peter Haynes, has asked International Criminal Court Trial Chamber to revisit the issue of the former president’s fitness to stand trial, citing a deterioration in his condition.
“Whilst a determination of Mr. Duterte’s competence was undertaken during the pre-trial phase on the basis of written reports, his condition continues to deteriorate and will need more fully to be reviewed before any trial may commence,” Haynes said.
@AttyMatula Yung English version ba ang pangunahing batayan o default sa mga usaping konstitusyunal? Ang haba kasi ng naging debate sa forthwith, e ang linaw ng "agad" sa Filipino translation.
DECLINING GOV'T TRUST?
Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano asserted that the leadership change was driven by his predecessor's inadequate response to urgent national issues, specifically the energy and fuel crises and declining public trust.
In his Facebook Live on Saturday, he denied that the impeachment was the primary reason for the shakeup in the upper chamber, labeling the criticism as "propaganda."
With a vote of 13-9-2, Cayetano ousted Senator Vicente "Tito" Sotto III last Monday, May 11, 2026.
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@AttyMatula@KenAbante And a true measure of sovereignty is a nation's exercise to commit and uncommit to these international treaties. And countries remain accountable for anything that happens in between.
BALAT SIBUYAS?
WATCH: Sen. Robin Padilla says he is not sensitive or “balat sibuyas” for eyeing an ethics complaint against Sen. Kiko Pangilinan who raised his voice in a session.
“Hindi po yan pagiging balat sibuyas. Ito po ay nasa rules ng Senate,” he says.
Pangilinan raised his voice to command attention as he was requesting the Senate to focus on other matters apart from Sen. Bato Dela Rosa’s arrest-attempt, an issue which was already forwarded to the rules panel.