Top 5 News This Week: Bato dela Rosa and chaos at the Senate

A power grab, gunshots, and the Senate president's meltdown: Here are 5 questions (and some answers) about the week's biggest story

Senator Bato dela Rosa makes a surprise appearance at the Senate, only to disappear again three days later. Alan Peter Cayetano secures the leadership, then insists the Senate is under attack. Senator Robin Padilla plays the ultimate wingman. Gunshots in the august halls send journalists in a panic.

We try to make sense of it all in this special edition of Top 5 News This Week.

The long of it:

#5: Who fired the first shot? Senate standoff: 2 sides tell different stories + TIMELINE: Senate shooting incident + Senate’s Aplasca: No CCTV of OSAA, Marines in May 13 shooting

#4: Why was the NBI in the area? Was Senate chaos ‘staged’ to help Dela Rosa? NBI agents think so, says Matibag + Marcos: Gov’t didn’t swarm Senate; no orders to arrest Dela Rosa

#3: Who let Bato out? Bato dela Rosa, wanted by ICC, evades arrest, escapes Senate premises + NBI chief: Robin Padilla a ‘person of interest’ in Bato dela Rosa’s Senate escape + Ombudsman suspends Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Aplasca for 6 months with no pay

#2: How did it all start? (Senate coup & power struggle) Sotto ousted as Senate president, Alan Cayetano takes over + Bato dela Rosa runs from arrest warrant, backs Cayetano in Senate takeover + Cayetano: Senate to convene as impeachment court on May 18

#1: What happens next? Bato dela Rosa now under immigration lookout order + Some senators claim ICC warrant invalid to arrest Bato. Well, they’re wrong. 

Watch the video for a quick but comprehensive summary. – Rappler.com

Presenter, producer: JC Gotinga
Video editor, graphics artist: Jen Agbuya
Supervising producer: Beth Frondoso