Imee Marcos

A rather serious public hearing at the Senate of the Philippines on Wednesday was briefly disrupted by a loud blow after the Senate seal fell.

[Funding issues stall bid to also give cash gifts to 80- and 90-year-olds](https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1727009/funding-issues-stall-bid-to-also-give-cash-gifts-to-80-and-90-year-olds) [Why require school records? The session of the Senate’s Social Justice, Welfare, and Rural Development Committee was progressing smoothly as they discussed Senate Bills 21, 74, and 824, which all proposed amendments to Republic Act No. However, the atmosphere was abruptly shaken when a deep thud suddenly echoed through the room.