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Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano takes his oath as Senate President after 13 senators voted to elect a new leader, replacing Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday, May 11. Angie de Silva, ABS-CBN News

\Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano takes his oath as Senate President after 13 senators voted to elect a new leader, replacing Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday, May 11. The change in leadership comes days after news circulated of a potential Senate coup, while Articles of Impeachment were simultaneously being discussed in the Lower House. Angie de Silva, ABS-CBN News

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/177869729160420260511-senate-coup-cayetano-ads2624.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano takes his oath as Senate President after 13 senators voted to elect a new leader, replacing Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday, May 11. Angie de Silva, ABS-CBN News" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano takes his oath as Senate President after 13 senators voted to elect a new leader, replacing Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday, May 11. <em>Angie de Silva, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA – Some senators were warned to go home before the shooting incident that shook the Senate building on Wednesday night, Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano revealed. </p><p>In a chance interview, Cayetano – who was accompanied by several senators and Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla when he faced the media – said the &quot;warning&quot; was sent around 6:45 or 7 p.m., around an hour before gunshots were heard in the Senate building&#x27;s second floor. </p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/13/-everyone-safe-after-shooting-incident-at-senate-2212">READ: &#x27;Everyone safe&#x27; after shooting incident at Senate; probe underway</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/14/senate-timeline-what-happened-on-may-13-2026-0040">SENATE TIMELINE: What happened on May 13, 2026</a></div><p>&quot;Some senators got warning na umuwi na,&quot; Cayetano told reporters.</p><p>&quot;Nagtataka kami what that meant. Sabi ko, please don&#x27;t believe that. The last thing anyone wants is yung gulo,&quot; he added. </p><p>The Senate President, however, did not disclose who were the senators that got this warning. </p><p>An hour before that, he said, they got information that the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte would arrive. </p><p>&quot;Akala ni Senator Villanueva, paputok, fireworks, and I even went to the window. Pinagalitan ako ng sister ko &#x27;you don&#x27;t do that&#x27;... and then tumawag ang OSAA,&quot; he added. </p><p>Shots were heard past 7:00 p.m. at the Senate, as armed men supposedly entered the second floor of the building. At least 10 gunshots were heard by journalists at the scene. </p><p>Cayetano later announced that everyone was safe, and that a &quot;<a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/13/cayetano-gov-t-to-conduct-no-holds-barred-probe-in-senate-shooting-2322">no holds barred</a>&quot; probe into the incident will be conducted. </p>

<p>Some senators were warned to go home before the shooting incident that shook the Senate building on Wednesday night, Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano revealed.</p>

Some senators were warned to go home before the shooting incident that shook the Senate building on Wednesday night, Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano revealed.

Some senators 'warned' to go home before shooting incident – SP Cayetano

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Some senators 'warned' to go home before shooting incident – SP Cayetano

Job Manahan,

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Published May 14, 2026 02:35 AM PHT

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