Former Senate President Franklin Drilon on Tuesday, November 14 said that those who coerced witnesses into providing false testimony should be held accountable for the unjust imprisonment of former senator Leila De Lima. Th former Senate leader said former justice secretary Vitaliano...
Former senator Leila de Lima, who is now out of detention through bail, believes that her drug cases were orchestrated by former president Rodrigo Duterte. In February 2017, De Lima, who was a sitting senator, was charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the Duterte administration...
Alliance of Filipino women Gabriela welcomed the decision of the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 206 to grant former Senator Leila de Lima clemency through bail together with former Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) director Franklin Bucayu, former allies Ronnie Dayan and Joenel...
Former senator Leila de Lima said every moment of her more than six years of detention became a test but she never lost faith that she would be freed. She tasted her first day of provisional freedom on Nov. 13 when Presiding Judge Gener Gito of the Muntinlupa RTC Branch 206 granted her bail...
Precious freedom! Free at last! These were the words first said by former senator Leila de Lima as she walked out of the Custodial Center of the Philippine National Police (PNP) at Camp Crame on Monday night, Nov. 13. Police have started processing the release of de Lima after receiving the order...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is now preparing for the release of former senator Leila de Lima after a Muntinlupa court handling the remaining drug case filed against her allowed her to post bail. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said that once a release order was issued by the court, they...
A Muntinlupa court ordered the release of former senator Leila de Lima from detention on Monday, Nov. 13, after she posted bail amounting to P300,000. De Lima will be released from the Philippine National Police Custodial Center in Camp Crame tonight (Nov. 13). Former senator...
Some senators on Monday, November 13 welcomed the decision of a Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) to finally grant former senator Leila de Lima’s petition to be allowed to post bail. Senator Risa Hontiveros, a fellow opposition lawmaker, said she is thankful that De Lima was...
Former senator Leila de Lima (Arnold Quizol/ MANILA BULLETIN) House of Representatives members, particularly those from the minority, have welcomed a Muntinlupa City court's decision to grant bail to former senator Leila de Lima after over six years in...
Members of the opposition, led by former vice president Leni Robredo, on Monday, Nov. 13, welcomed the decision of a Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court to allow detained former senator Leila de Lima to post bail on the third and final drug case filed against her. Former senator Leila de Lima holds a...
Akbayan welcomed the decision of the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court Branch 206 to release former Senator Leila de Lima after over six years of imprisonment. (Arnold Quizol/Manila Bulletin) Akbayan, in a statement issued on Monday, Nov. 13, said the detainment of De Lima was...
Canada and the European Union (EU) on Monday, Nov. 13, welcomed the granting of bail to detained former senator Leila de Lima and expressed hopes for a rapid resolution of her case. The Canadian Embassy in Manila was the first diplomatic mission in the Philippines to welcome the decision of a...
