BREAK: Mayor Jun-Jun Binay on way to Senate

MANILA, Philippines — Makati City Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Jun-Jun” Binay is on his way to the Senate after being served a warrant by the Senate sergeant-at-arms Thursday morning.

A convoy of two vehicles from the Senate escorted the car of the mayor out of the Makati City Hall basement at 10:15 a.m.

The Senate blue ribbon committee ordered the arrest of Binay for repeatedly refusing to attend a hearing of its subcommittee investigating alleged anomalies in the city.

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