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...
A Muntinlupa court will issue its decision “very very soon” on the petition for bail by former senator Leila de Lima in the last remaining drug case she is facing. On June 5, De Lima attended a hearing at the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 256, which is handling case 17-167, filed by...
The camp of former senator Leila de Lima said on May 30 that they will file a motion to expunge from records the appeal filed by government prosecutors regarding her drug case that was recently junked by a Muntinlupa court. Last May 12, the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 204...
Former senator Leila de Lima has honored her late sister-in-law, Marianne, saying she would have been ecstatic over her acquittal in her second drug case. On May 12, the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 204 dismissed a drug case filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the Duterte...
Catholic social action arm Caritas Philippines commended the acquittal of former senator Leila de Lima on one of two remaining drug-related charges filed against her. "We welcome the recent acquittal of former Senator Leila de Lima in one of her remaining drug charges. This decision by the...
Several groups praised a Muntinlupa court's decision acquitting former senator Leila de Lima in a drug case. On May 12, the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 204 dismissed a drug case filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2017 against De Lima and Ronnie Dayan. Former senator...
Former senator Leila de Lima is one step closer to freedom with the [dismissal of two of the three drug cases](https://mb.com.ph/2023/5/12/muntinlupa-court-dismisses-drug-case-vs-de-lima) filed against her by the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the Duterte administration in 2017 while...
Though the course is long, justice is finally prevailing. Sen. Risa Hontiveros, a fellow opposition lawmaker, made the remark following former Senator Leila de Lima’s acquittal in the second drug charges that was filed against her. “I am happy that my friend and colleague former Senator Leila...
People reacted favorably to the [acquittal of former senator Leila de Lima](https://mb.com.ph/2023/5/12/muntinlupa-court-dismisses-drug-case-vs-de-lima) in another drug case on May 12 in Muntinlupa. The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 204 found de Lima and Ronnie Dayan not guilty...
