Police personnel recover a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) on the center island of Diokno Boulevard just outside the Senate premises in Pasay City on Monday morning, July 27, ahead of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of the Nation Address. (Courtesy Pasay City Police Station)
[Updated July 27, 2026, 2:08 p.m.]
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said the agency is now investigating after improvised explosive devices (IED) were found outside the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Senate on Monday morning.
“Big possibility or probability is that the two incidents are related,” Nartatez told reporters during an inspection of the police force’s deployment along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City ahead of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of the Nation Address (Sona).
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