Manila, May 21 -- Law enforcement agencies may proceed with serving the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrant against Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa after the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday denied his plea for a temporary restraining order (TRO), Justice Secretary Frederick Vida said Thursday.

Vida said the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents can already pursue their operations "to effect the service of the arrest warrant".

"First, there's a valid arrest warrant issued by the ICC. Second, he is not in the Senate premises. Third, there's no TRO or any interim order from the Supreme Court. Fourth, the arrest warrant is now enforceable. So, it will be enforced, and it will be served," he said in a press briefing....