Pandemonium: A dramatic and violent week at the Senate
Violence and fear engulfed the dark Senate hallway as bullets juxtaposed Juvenal Sansó’s anti-war paintings on Wednesday, 13 May 2026, in Pasay City. Tensions unraveled as media members were trapped inside the Upper House during the lockdown, while staff from the Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms (OSAA) and uniformed personnel armed with long rifles exchanged fire with National Bureau of Investigation officers attempting to arrest former Philippine National Police chief and Senator Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa, who had been summoned by the International Criminal Court.
