While ensuring our safety, our primal instinct was to document everything that happened even if we were in the middle of a Senate shooting. That’s our job as journalists.
Bato dela Rosa came to the Senate after months of hiding. Then chaos erupted.
In my three years at Rappler, I’ve witnessed firsthand three leadership shake-ups in Congress.
I’m Patrick Cruz. I’m not a Congress reporter; I cover public finance, infrastructure, and transportation.
Yet somehow, whenever Congress spirals into crisis, I end up there.
