High-profile detainee Jose Adrian “Jad” Dera on Wednesday, July 5, admitted to senators that he was able to leave his detention cell at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) several times. Dera is facing charges of violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and has been...
A lawyer who is a member of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) filed a petition for indirect contempt against seven persons, including former senator Leila De Lima, Sen. Risa Hontiveros and Rep. Edcel Lagman, over their media statements related to De Lima’s last remaining drug...
United Nations (UN) experts called for the release of detained former senator Leila de Lima while also expressing “grave disappointment” after a court denied her petition for bail and stretched her six-year detention. In a statement on Friday, June 16, the UN experts also called on the Marcos...
The decision of a Muntinlupa judge to recuse himself from the trial of former senator Leila de Lima will slightly delay the resolution of the case, the accused legal counsel said. Presiding Judge Romeo Buenaventura of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 256 issued an order dated June 15,...
Former senator Leila de Lima filed a motion for reconsideration to reverse a ruling by a Muntinlupa court that denied her petition for bail in the last remaining drug case she is facing. In a decision dated June 7, Presiding Judge Romeo Buenaventura of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC)...
Three co-accused in the last remaining drug case filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) against former senator Leila de Lima asked the judge to inhibit from hearing the drug case due to conflict of interest. In a decision dated June 7 on case 17-167, Presiding Judge Romeo Buenaventura of the...
A Muntinlupa court was ordered to finish the trial in the last remaining drug case of former senator Leila de Lima in nine months. The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 256 is hearing case 17-167, which charged De Lima, Franklin Jesus Bucayu, Ronnie Dayan, Joenel Sanchez, Jose Adrian Dera,...
Former senator Leila de Lima said she is disappointed that a [Muntinlupa court denied her request for bail](https://mb.com.ph/2023/6/7/muntinlupa-court-denies-de-lima-s-petition-for-bail) , saying that the inmates’ testimonies against her were unreliable and lies. De Lima issued a statement...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, June 8 expressed her frustration over the denial of former Senator Leila de Lima’s petition for bail. “I am deeply frustrated over the prolonged detention of former Sen. Leila De Lima. She deserves a speedy trial as enshrined in our Constitution,”...
Former senator Leila de Lima will file an appeal to reverse the decision of a Muntinlupa court denying her request for bail in her last remaining drug case. [In a decision dated June 7, Presiding Judge Romeo Buenaventura of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 256 denied the petitions...
Former senator Leila de Lima (Senate PRIB) Makabayan solons Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro have expressed disappointment over a Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court's (RTC) junking of former senator Leila de Lima's petition for bail. "We, in...
Former senator Leila de Lima will stay in detention in Camp Crame after a Muntinlupa court denied her petition for bail in her last remaining drug case. In a decision dated June 7, Presiding Judge Romeo Buenaventura of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 256 denied the petitions and...
