The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) should now act to freeze the assets of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp.’s executives following revelations in the ongoing Senate investigation into the P11.5-billion worth of questionable contracts with the Duterte government, Senator Leila de Lima said....
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has urged the Senate to pass the resolution calling on the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) to immediately suspend construction activities in the Kaliwa Dam project following reports of multiple irregularities and violations of procedural...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has urged the Senate to investigate the lifting of the moratorium on the opening of casinos in the recently rehabilitated Boracay island and the Duterte administration’s policy of allowing a Chinese company to put-up an integrated casino-resort project in the...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday, Sept. 14 renewed her push for the Senate to investigate former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang’s alleged links to the illegal drug trade, especially now that he is the subject of its probe into the government’s procurement of supposed...
Senator Leila de Lima has asked her colleagues to also investigate the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority’s (TESDA) utilization of its funds, after state auditors flagged its transfer of over P160 million to the government's anti-insurgency programs. Senator Leila de Lima...
Ombudsman Samuel Martires may have misunderstood the mandate of his office and the Constitution in seeking to penalize individuals who make comments about the wealth of public officials, opposition Senator Leila de Lima said. In this file photo taken September 20, 2016, Senator Leila de Lima...
Senator Leila de Lima has urged the Senate to look into the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) inability to properly disburse the funds allocated to it under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2, as well as other delays in the implementation of its major projects. De Lima, in...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday expressed belief that President Duterte is the mastermind behind the awarding of the P8.7-billion contract to Pharmally Corp. De Lima said this is evident following Duterte’s own admission of his links to all the persons involved in the transactions,...
President Duterte’s persistent attacks on the Commission on Audit (COA) is an obvious strategy to divert the public’s attention away from his administration’s irregularities and deficiencies in the utilization of billions worth of COVID-19 funds, opposition Senator Leila De Lima said. “For...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima said she is certain that former undersecretary Christopher Lao was one of the go-to-operators and hatchmen of the Davao mafia led by President Duterte and Senator Christopher “Bong” Go. Judging by the developments in the Senate blue ribbon committee’s hearing...
Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday, August 25, slammed President Duterte for bringing up past Commission on Audit (COA) findings during the Aquino administration, saying it is just “plain rich in irony and hypocrisy.” Senator Leila de Lima (REUTERS) De Lima was referring to Duterte’s...
President Duterte has linked two former Cabinet members of the previous Aquino administration to Commission on Audit (COA)-themed irregularities. President Rodrigo Duterte (Photo from PCOO Facebook) In his "Talk to the People" public briefing on late Tuesday night, Aug. 24, Duterte identified...