TAKING COVER: Senate security forces, including several Marines, take cover as gunfire erupts inside the building on May 13, 2026, as seen in these RTVM screen grabs.
MANILA, Philippines — After filing separate plunder charges against Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Rodante Marcoleta, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla said on Saturday that he had also dismissed from the service the former acting Senate sergeant-at-arms, who allegedly triggered the gunfire that rattled the Senate in May.
Speaking on the “Executive Session” program on DZRH radio, Remulla said he dismissed former police general Mao Ranada Aplasca from his post at the Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms (Osaa) of the Senate and as sergeant-at-arms of the Commission on Appointments on June 29.
He declined to provide details of his decision, which followed an investigation of the May 13 shooting incident inside the Senate building, which is adjacent to the offices of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) in Pasay City.
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