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@inquirerdotnet "In realpolitik, he can unite a broader, reform-oriented Senate that is more balanced, more accountable, and acceptable even to some members of the current majority," Pangilinan says in a statement. @inquirerdotnet

@inquirerdotnet Pangilinan describes Gatchalian as "competent, steady, and fair," noting his performance during the deliberations of the 2026 national budget. @inquirerdotnet

NEWS UPDATE: Almost two weeks after the Senate leadership change, Senator Kiko Pangilinan on Saturday says that the Senate minority bloc is endorsing Senator Sherwin Gatchalian to become the next Senate President. @inquirerdotnet

LOOK: Karl Josef Legazpi has been proclaimed by the Comelec as the representative of Pinoy Workers party-list following the resignation of its first nominee, Franz Vincent Legazpi. @inquirerdotnet

@inquirerdotnet This is different from automated elections where they will only be called as candidates on the start of campaign period. @inquirerdotnet

Garcia explains that for manual elections like the BSKE, the aspirants are already considered as candidates on the day they file their certificates of candidacy. @inquirerdotnet

‘MAY PREMATURE CAMPAIGNING’ WATCH: Comelec chairman George Garcia warns that candidates of the BSKE who will do campaign activities before the campaign period on October 22, 2026 may face election offense. @inquirerdotnet

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In a press conference on Friday, Remulla said that the preventive suspension is “meant to make things easier for us to get to the bottom of this.” @inquirerdotnet

NEWS UPDATE: Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla has ordered the six-month preventive suspension of Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca following the Senate shooting incident last May 13. @inquirerdotnet

DPWH secretary Vince Dizon on Wednesday says that the drainage system improvement along Bonifacio Drive in Manila will be finished by Friday. Aside from the mitigation of flooding in the area, he says that traffic will now ease up after the project’s completion. @inquirerdotnet

in letting the impeachment trial against VP Sara Duterte unfold. This came a day after the Senate leadership was changed, just hours before the House of Representatives impeached Duterte. @inquirerdotnet

‘THE 13 OF YOU WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS JUDASES BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE YOUR MIND’ Clergy for Good Governance convenor Fr. Robert Reyes calls on the Senate majority bloc to listen to God, history, people, and their conscience + @inquirerdotnet

WATCH: Ahead of their protest in front of the Senate gate tomorrow, Tindig Pilipinas calls on the Senate to start the impeachment trial against VP Sara Duterte and to surrender Sen. Bato Dela Rosa to the International Criminal Court. @inquirerdotnet

“We urge the Senators to avoid any act that may be perceived as evading their sworn duty or circumventing the requirements of the Constitution,” the statement, penned by CBCP president Archbishop Gilbert Garcera, reads. @inquirerdotnet

READ: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines on Tuesday calls on the Senate “to abide by what the Constitution directs” and start the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. @inquirerdotnet

+ and to stop shielding Senator Bato Dela Rosa from the looming arrest as the International Criminal Court made publicly on monday the arrest warrant against him. @inquirerdotnet

‘HINDI KAMI PAPAYAG, MAGHANDA SILA SA GALIT NG TAO’ Tindig Pilipinas co-convenor Francis Aquino Dee says that they will hold a protest in front of the Senate gate tomorrow 2 p.m. to call on the Senate to start the impeachment trial against VP Sara Duterte + @inquirerdotnet

The Navotas DRRMO reports that 79.8% of the fire that hit the Navotas Landfill had been extinguished so far. With this, DPWH Usec. Charles Calima says that using drone technology, the agency expects that the remaining fire will be put out within 4-5 days. @inquirerdotnet