MANILA - Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said that the recommendation of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to possibly extend martial law in Mindanao anew will need the approval of the Congress.
Senator Leila M. de Lima on Friday urged the Supreme Court (SC) to reconsider its earlier decision dismissing her petition to nullify the arrest warrant issued in connection with the trumped-up illegal drug trade charge the government filed against her.