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Drilon: Senate minority bloc to challenge ‘no-el’ by PI before SC

      The minority bloc in the Senate will question before the Supreme Court (SC) any efforts to scrap the 2019 elections through a people's initiative (PI).   Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said this on Wednesday as he rejected Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez's statement that the people, through the PI or a referendum, could change the scheduled date of elections next year.   READ: Alvarez floats people's initiative for poll postponement   Once the election is postponed, Alvarez said Congress would have more time to deliberate and pass the draft federal Constitution.   But Drilon, a forme...

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Motorcyclist dead in Lucena collision

LUCENA CITY ---- A motorcyclist running against a one-way street died after he collided with another motorcycle in Lucena City early Friday....