DOJ: Senate was not under attack

WHO DID IT? Marine soldiers detailed at the Senate kept their distance from the source of the gunshots that rang out in the second-floor hallway on May 13, 2026. The heads of the police, the Interior Department, and the National Bureau of Investigation denied any hand in the incident—but at the center of it all was Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, holed up in the building since Monday. — NIÑO JESUS ORBETA

MANILA, Philippines—Justice Secretary Frederick Vida said Wednesday that the Senate Building was not under attack last May 13.

He was giving an update on the investigation being conducted by a panel of prosecutors into the Senate events from May 11 to May 13.

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