Senate convenes as Sara Duterte impeachment court | The wRap

Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

• Senate convenes as court. What next for Sara Duterte’s impeachment? 

The Senate convenes as an impeachment court for the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, Monday May 18. 

• SolGen asks SC to deny Bato’s plea to block ICC warrant 

The Office of the Solicitor General asks the Supreme Court to reject Senator Bato dela Rosa’s plea to block the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant against him.

• Marcos picks young UP professor as new budget chief

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. chooses former assistant professor of the University of the Philippines Diliman, Kim Robert de Leon, as his new budget chief.

• Trump says Xi agrees Iran must open strait, but no sign China will weigh in 

US President Donald Trump says Chinese President Xi Jinping has agreed Tehran must reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

• Jailed journalist Frenchie Cumpio wins Annenberg Justice for Women award 

Jailed journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio wins the Wallis Annenberg Justice for Women Journalists Award from the International Women’s Media Foundation. – Rappler.com