Rey Garcia

Principal Investigator (Disease Molecular Biology and Epigenetics Laboratory, UP Diliman). Former Senior Scientist at Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute.

[Justin Dizon @iamjustindizon]

Imagine a Sara Duterte presidency with the Senate under her control.

Partida hindi pa siya Presidente ngayon pero para bang kontrolado niya ang Senado.

Imagine an insane, corrupt, abusive, and a violent person in the most powerful seat in the Philippines — WITHOUT GUARDRAILS.

[Just @justinmaniluh]

I cannot watch the livestream of the Senate anymore. Disgusting! This Alan Peter Cayetano- Loren Legarda tandem is just the worst!

Now, they are moving to revise the Senate rules — they want to allow remote voting/ participation.

Nakakahiya. Sobrang nakakahiya ang Senado.

[Quito 🌸📡|BINI Signals World Tour 2026 📡 @QuitoNitura]

Binababoy ni Alan Peter Cayetano ang Senate as an institution. He should be ousted not only as Senate President but as a Senator as well.

[Kiko Pangilinan @kikopangilinan]

JOINT STATEMENT ON THE SENATE MINORITY WALKOUT

We strongly condemn what appears to be an attempt to rush a major change in the Senate Rules, especially when several members of the minority still wanted to speak and raise serious questions on the floor.

Bakit kailangang madaliin? Bakit kailangang pigilan ang mga gustong magsalita? Bakit kailangang i-divide ang house kung marami pang senador ang nagtatanong tungkol sa proseso?

Minamadali ba ang rule change na ito dahil gusto nilang maka boto si Senator Bato? At ngayong may mga ulat na may mga majority senators na maaaring arestuhin?

We walked out because what happened on the floor looked less like orderly deliberation. The proposed rule change affects how senators may attend sessions, participate in proceedings and exercise their mandate through remote means, and such a measure should be opened to healthy public debate instead of being rushed by the tyranny of the majority.

We have always welcomed healthy discussions on the floor, but this should mean allowing all members to be heard, not forcing the chamber to move at the speed preferred by the majority.

At the time the motion was taken up, there was no duly constituted Committee on Rules and there was not even an elected Majority Leader who could properly guide a rules amendment through the regular process.

How could there have been any action or discussion before the Committee on Rules when no Committee on Rules has been organized to date?

With due respect, the answer that no Senate rule had been violated does not settle the matter, because the rules cannot be treated as a matter of convenience when the very process for amending them is under serious question.

The timing raises a question that the public deserves to hear debated openly. Kaya pinili naming tumayo at iwan ang majority sa plenary. Kaya kami nagdesisyon to question the quorum and call for adjournment.

If the proposal is truly defensible, then let it pass through the proper route.

We owe it to the people who voted for us to do our mandate. This is why we want more time to discuss this further.

[Jesus Falcis 🇵🇭 @jesusfalcis]

🚨 OMG!

Atty. Kristina Conti, ICC assistant counsel for victims, said that Robin Padilla helping Bato Dela Rosa escape HAS BEEN REPORTED to the ICC.

She is of the opinion that Robinhood is most at risk of violating administration of justice – Art. 70 of the Rome Statute.

👊

[Leisbeth Recto @leisbeth_recto]

Both.

[Thea Tan @imtheatan]

🚨 The "Bato" Diversion: A Staged Siege to Shield Sara Duterte

After looking at the sequence of events, I am more inclined to believe this entire spectacle was a "zarzuela" designed to protect Vice President Sara Duterte rather than Sen. Bato dela Rosa.

Using Sen. Bato's ICC paranoia as a shield, the Senate leadership successfully manufactured a crisis to delay the constitutional process.

Here is the chronology of how this diversion was staged:

✳️ The Setup: May 11–12, 2026

• May 11 – The Impeachment Vote: The House of Representatives votes 257–25 to impeach VP Sara Duterte.

• May 11 – The Senate Coup: Minutes before the House vote, the Senate leadership is toppled, and Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano (APC) is installed as Senate President.

• May 11 – The Pursuit: Bato dramatically outruns NBI agents through Senate hallways and staircases, eventually reaching the chamber where APC immediately offers him “protective custody.”

• May 12 – The Legal Wall: The Senate spends the day formalizing a policy to reject any arrest by a foreign court without a local warrant, creating a "Legislative Sanctuary."

• May 12 - The Safe House: Bato officially begins sleeping at the Senate to turn the building into a fortress.

• May 12 – Public Defiance: Bato holds a press conference inside the Senate, appearing defiant and vowing to fight the ICC arrest order, further cementing the building as his permanent “safe house.”

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✳️ The Escalation: May 13 (The Night of the Siege)

2:25 PM: Bato sings the PMA Hymn twice during a briefing to emotionally appeal to the military and his fellow Cavaliers to stand by him.

5:23 PM – The "Intel" Claim: Following the SC’s refusal to protect him, Bato goes on Facebook Live claiming he received "intelligence" that he will be arrested the moment the Senate adjourns.

He calls on supporters to gather at the Senate gates for a “vigil,” claiming his arrest is imminent.

6:14 PM – The Supreme Court officially announces it has deferred action on Bato’s petition and does not issue a TRO.

6:57 PM – Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca orders the media and staff to clear the second floor, explicitly claiming: "They are going to arrest somebody."

7:00 PM: Duterte Supporters swarm the Senate gates, shouting at and intimidating vehicles attempting to leave the premises.

7:05 PM – Aplasca declares a total lockdown, creating a physical barrier to replace the legal protection the Supreme Court refused to provide.

7:22 PM – THE TRIGGER: The House formally transmits the Articles of Impeachment — the 257-vote mandate — to the Senate.

7:30 PM: Lockdown begins. The new Sergeant-at-Arms, Mao Aplasca, deploys OSAA personnel in bulletproof vests carrying long firearms.

7:45 PM: Sen. Imee Marcos claims a standby aircraft (RP-C5219) is waiting in Villamor for Bato’s extradition.

7:48 PM – THE MYSTERY SHOTS: Roughly 10 gunshots are heard inside the building, creating the "active shooter" panic needed to justify the lockdown.

8:01 PM – Minutes after the shots, APC launches a Facebook Live, claiming the "Senate is under attack."

8:15 PM – Imee Marcos, Bong Go, Mark Villar, and Jinggoy Estrada launch their own lives, framing the night as a "sovereignty crisis" to bury the impeachment news.

8:45 PM – Cong. "Meow" (Kiko Barzaga) posts on FB that "multiple people died," though no casualties were ever found.

8:55 PM – DILG Secretary Jonvic Remulla arrives calmly without tactical gear to meet with the snacking senators.

9:15 PM – Remulla appears on Bong Go’s live feed to clarify: "I will not arrest Senator Bato."

11:13 PM – President Bongbong Marcos Jr. issues a statement assuring the public that no state security forces (NBI/DILG) were involved in the shooting and confirms he gave no order to arrest Bato.

11:30 PM: Senators are seen in photos casually snacking and laughing inside Senate.

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[The BenchWarmer @datumx11]

ALAN Cayetano should be charged for OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

[FrNongnong @iskrukutoy]

Wise of Sen. Lacson to state that Sen. Bato sneaked via Sen. Pia’s car. It was a trap to force their hands to reveal who really facilitated Sen. Bato’s appearance. To the rescue si SP brother sa kanyang ate. Nabulgar tuloy!

[🎀 Tito Qc 💜🩷 💙💛 #KayLeniPaRinTayo @FckTitoQC]

let it be written in history.. na prinotektahan ni Alan Peter Cayetano at Pia Cayetano ang isang International Fugitive!!!!

[Cleve V. Arguelles @CleveArguelles]

Contrary to their propaganda, lawlessness and disorder is the Duterte legacy. Now it’s also Du13’s legacy in the Senate— all to protect an international fugitive responsible for the murder of thousands.

[JM ✈️ @jmsantosreyes]

Alan Peter Cayetano is a whole different breed of evil. There are no words.

[Dino Singson de Leon @iamdinodeleon]

This is a result of the Senate as an institution being used to a) obstruct justice in the case of Bato Dela Rosa, and b) evade accountability in the case of Sara Duterte.

Wala silang pakialam sa Saligang Batas basta makatakas lamang sila. Mga kawatan!

[raffy magno @raffymagno]

All this chaos.

Just to protect the Dutertes and their allies.

The country has sacrificed too much—our institutions, our democracy, and far too many lives—for the survival of people who believe they are above accountability.

[Mara Cepeda @maracepeda]

One thing is clear tonight: the Duterte-allied Senate bloc is willing to plunge the institution into chaos and to weaponise fear, all to shield one of their own from accountability.

[marv @mvn_dn]

Today’s coup brought to you by the corrupt billionaire sibling-senators and mother of corrupt billionaire congressman evading accountability

[Agot Isidro @agot_isidro]

I have ducking NO respect for these 13 hooligans who call themselves Senators of the Philippines.

DUCK YOU. 🤬

[Rey Garcia @reynimbb]

Proud to share our latest paper on vaping (e-cigarettes), lncRNA, and tumorigenesis.

https://t.co/TuHUhKzRFf

[Rey Garcia @reynimbb]

Proud to share our latest paper on vaping (e-cigarettes), lncRNA, and tumorigenesis.

https://t.co/TuHUhKzRFf

[Jesus Falcis 🇵🇭 @jesusfalcis]

🚨 Bombshell presentation by ICC Senior Trial Lawyer Julian Nicholls – he is showing the REAL DUTERTE MATRIX.

He shows a pyramidal structure:

1. Duterte
2. His co-perpetrators like Bong Go, Bato, and Aguirre
3. DDS handlers
4. Actual DDS hitmen

SHOCKING! 👊

#DutertePanagutin