The Office of the Ombudsman has placed Mao Aplasca, the Senate's acting sergeant-at-arms, on preventive suspension for six months over the gunfire incident at the chamber last Wednesday night.

Retired Police Major General Mao Aplasca was tapped again to head the Office of the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Monday after agents of the National Bureau of Investigation tried to…

The Senate's protective custody granted to Sen. Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa is a privilege that he could turn down at any time, Acting Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca said.