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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/178053747220120260603-senate-plenary-session-gatchalian-MT4.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Senator Win Gatchalian delivers a statement as the new Senate President Pro Tempore after being elected by his colleagues, replacing Senator Loren Legarda during the Senate session on June 3, 2026. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATE) </strong>— Several resource persons were seen inside the Senate session hall Thursday, supposedly for a Blue Ribbon hearing on flood control anomalies, despite earlier warning from Senate President Pro Tempore Sherwin Gatchalian.</p><p>Gatchalian earlier insisted that there is no hearing Thursday.</p><p>The Senate reorganization on Wednesday saw Gatchalian being installed as the Senate&#x27;s acting president and several of his allies retaking committee chairmanships, which include Tulfo as the new chairperson of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.</p><p>Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday night insisted that his bloc would conduct the resumption of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the flood control corruption scandal on Thursday, June 4, despite the pronouncement of Sen. Erwin Tulfo that it was <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/6/3/tulfo-says-blue-ribbon-flood-control-probe-to-resume-on-june-8-1640">rescheduled to Monday, June 8</a>.</p><p>&quot;They will not be allowed [to enter], kasi walang hearing eh, under the security policy,&quot; Gatchalian told reporters when asked about the possibility of resource persons entering the Senate premises Thursday.</p><p>The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, under Sen. Pia Cayetano, announced Monday the continuation of the flood control probe at 10 a.m. Thursday and sent invitations to several resource persons.</p><p>The committee invited former House Speaker Martin Romualdez and the 18 people who introduced themselves as former marines and who claimed to have delivered suitcases of cash to Romualdez and their former boss resigned Rep. Zaldy Co.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/6/3/senators-clash-on-blue-ribbon-hearing-resumption-2047">Senators clash on Blue Ribbon hearing resumption</a></div><p>Tulfo on late Wednesday evening sent an official notice declaring that the public hearing on flood control initially scheduled for June 4, Thursday, was &quot;postponed until further notice.&quot;</p><p>He said it would be &quot;illegal&quot; for the Cayetano&#x27;s group to proceed with the hearing as &quot;there is already a new Blue Ribbon chairman.&quot;</p><p>In a Facebook Live, Cayetano said, &quot;Tomorrow, tuloy ang hearing ng Blue Ribbon Committee. I am still the legitimate, legal, moral Senate President of the Republic of the Philippines.&quot;</p><p>&quot;There is still functioning committees, we have to hear the testimonies. Invited po pati po yung mga gumawa ng ilegal ngayon. You can try to stop us but you will be stopping the Filipino people.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-qiypgBb1E8?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Resource persons attempting to come inside the Senate will be barred entry, Senate President Pro Tempore Sherwin Gatchalian said as he insisted that there is no hearing Thursday.</p>

Resource persons attempting to come inside the Senate will be barred entry, Senate President Pro Tempore Sherwin Gatchalian said as he insisted that there is no hearing Thursday.

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Some resource persons enter Senate despite Gatchalian warning

Rowegie Abanto,

ABS-CBN News

Published June 04, 2026 09:48 AM PHT

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Updated June 04, 2026 10:19 AM PHT

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