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A unanimous ruling grants a writ of mandamus compelling the Senate and House to finally enact the constitutional ban on political dynasties — the same Congress that passed a widely criticized "watered-down" version in June and then let it stall in the Senate.
The vice president escalated her attacks on President Marcos hours after her arraignment on a grave threats case was postponed, as Malacañang had not responded as of this report.
Malacañang says President Marcos never authorized the ₱24-billion allocation ex-DPWH chief Manuel Bonoan described to the Sandiganbayan, even as Senate finance committee chairman JV Ejercito acknowledged senators seek project funding through informal channels and pledged more open budget negotiations in 2027.
House Majority Leader Sandro Marcos says associates of then-President Rodrigo Duterte sought the power to choose the incoming executive secretary, House speaker, and Senate president in exchange for endorsing his father's 2022 presidential bid — a claim Malacañang defended on Aug. 10 as the UniTeam alliance's collapse continues to reverberate.
President Marcos met with congressional leaders at Malacañang despite a typhoon suspension to press for 24 priority bills, including long-stalled anti-political dynasty and freedom of information measures, that the administration wants passed before June 2027 — but similar pledges from earlier LEDAC sessions remain unenacted.
Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon met Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo on June 20 to inspect Marcos-promised flood-control, housing and road projects, as his agency works to restart infrastructure derailed by the flood-control bribery scandal — a slump the DBM blames for a 52% collapse in April capital outlays to P41.5 billion and an estimated P41.5 billion in stalled projects ahead of the President's July 27 SONA.
Nine senators led by Alan Peter Cayetano filed a 97-page petition before the Supreme Court on June 16 seeking to nullify the June 3 session that installed Sherwin Gatchalian as Acting Senate President, arguing it lacked a quorum and was "engineered" by the Executive — one day before President Marcos convened Congress in a special session that the majority intends to use to formally reorganize the chamber.
President Marcos has summoned Congress to a special session on June 17 to fast-track eight social and education measures plus pending appointments — but the session could prove decisive in the five-week Senate leadership standoff, with Sen. Joel Villanueva's pledge to attend potentially supplying the 13th vote needed to formally install Sherwin Gatchalian over Alan Peter Cayetano.
Sen. Joel Villanueva said he would show up for any special session President Marcos calls to break a five-week Senate leadership deadlock — a pledge that could hand the Gatchalian bloc the 13th vote it needs to formally unseat Alan Peter Cayetano, even as Villanueva himself faces an Ombudsman probe over Bulacan flood control projects.
The Department of Agriculture is pushing to extend by 30 days the ₱50-per-kilo ceiling on imported rice set under Executive Order 118, which lapses June 13, citing persistent inflation and drought risks in supplier countries Thailand, Vietnam and India — even as Metro Manila compliance has climbed past 80% but nationwide enforcement remains uneven.
