Gunshots at Senate as Bato dela Rosa gets no immediate relief from SC | The wRap

Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

• Gunshots fired during Senate lockdown; officials say no arrest yet for Bato

Gunshots are heard in the Senate building Wednesday evening, May 13, where Senator Bato dela Rosa is hunkering down to avoid arrest. Senate security locks down the building, and instructs reporters to exit immediately.

• 5 senators urge Bato dela Rosa to surrender to ‘proper authorities’ 

Five senators sign a resolution urging Senator Bato dela Rosa to surrender amid the International Criminal Court warrant against him. Senate Resolution No. 395 urges Dela Rosa to ‘seek judicial remedies in accordance with the Constitution.’

• Filipinos urged to ‘vote better’ after Robin Padilla’s clash with Kiko Pangilinan 

Social media users say the clash of Senators Robin Padilla and Kiko Pangilinan should be a lesson for all voters to choose wisely. Padilla eyes an ethics complaint against Pangilinan after their heated debate in a plenary session.

• Duterte eyes ex-ICC Bar Association president as his new lawyer 

Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte eyes international criminal and humanitarian law expert Peter Haynes as his new lawyer. The lawyer’s name was revealed on Tuesday, May 12 (Manila time), after the ICC released the unredacted version of Nicholas Kaufman’s request to withdraw.

• Teachers, groups ask CHED to junk proposed GE curriculum overhaul

Teachers, students, and advocacy groups file petitions with the Commission on Higher Education to scrap the new proposed General Education tertiary curriculum. They say it would displace teachers amid the market-driven direction of the country’s higher education. – Rappler.com