TODAY’S TOP STORIES - Thursday, 21 May 2026

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online monitoring)

21 May 2026, Thursday, 5:00 p.m.

1. DELA ROSA ICC CASE:

-DOJ: PNP, NBI ‘now tasked to effect arrest’ of Dela Rosa

-Bato Dela Rosa arrest order: DILG says to follow DOJ’s lead

-OSG welcomes SC decision to deny Bato dela Rosa's TRO request

-PNP denies 'spliced' Senate shooting videos

[ABS-CBN News, BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, DZRH, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Standard, Manila Times, Mindanao Times, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Panay News, Philstar, Rappler, Sunstar, Watchmen Daily Journal]

https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/21/vida-pnp-nbi-now-tasked-to-effect-arrest-of-dela-rosa-1242

2. VP Sara Duterte impeachment trial to start July 6, Erwin Tulfo says

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, Mindanao Times, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar, Rappler, Watchmen Daily Journal]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/988421/vp-sara-duterte-impeachment-trial-to-start-july-6-erwin-tulfo-says/story/

3. SENATE SHOOTING INCIDENT:

-Lacson on Pia Cayetano’s ‘no one checked on us’ quote: They seemed to be happily eating

-Tulfo counters Cayetano claim: Minority senators checked on colleagues after shooting

-Fisherfolk slams Pia Cayetano’s ‘crocodile tears’ as distraction

[ABS-CBN News, DZRH, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, NewsWatchPlus, Panay News, Philstar, Rappler, Watchmen Daily Journal]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2232152/lacson-on-pia-cayetanos-no-one-checked-on-us-quote-they-seemed-to-be-happily-eating

4. Tiu Laurel files Ombudsman cases over P94M ‘ghost’ farm roads in Davao

[ABS-CBN News, BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, DZRH, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, Mindanao Times, News5PH, Rappler, Sunstar]

https://malaya.com.ph/business/business-news/tiu-laurel-files-ombudsman-cases-over-p94m-ghost-farm-roads-in-davao/
5. DFA brushes aside NGO’s statement of support for Duterte before Human Rights Council

[Daily Tribune, Manila Bulletin, Mindanao Times, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar, Rappler, Sunstar]

https://www.rappler.com/philippines/dfa-response-international-career-support-association-duterte-human-rights-council/

6. ‘Education is a right’: Marcos vows gov’t support for students

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Times, Mindanao Times, News5PH, Philstar, Sunstar]

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/730168/education-is-a-right-marcos-vows-government-support-for-students

7. Rodrigo Duterte ‘under cell monitoring’ due to ‘rare occasions’ of fall – ICC registry

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Malaya, Mindanao Times, News5PH, Panay News, Philstar]

https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/21/rodrigo-duterte-under-cell-monitoring-due-to-rare-occasions-of-fall-icc-registry-1435

8. Senate coup talks ongoing, says Erwin Tulfo

[GMA News, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/988459/senate-coup-talks-ongoing-says-erwin-tulfo/story/

9. Marcos vows stricter monitoring after Navotas landfill fire

[Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times]

https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/05/21/news/marcos-vows-stricter-monitoring-after-navotas-landfill-fire/2348861

10. 2 cops relieved for alleged interference in missing sabungeros case

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, DZRH, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Standard, Watchmen Daily Journal]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2232087/2-cops-relieved-for-alleged-interference-in-missing-sabungeros-case

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