Detained opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday, June 14 slammed drug lord Herbert Colanggo for claiming he is being pressured to stop from testifying by her camp, saying all of his recent statements is “part of his stellar performance to grab the limelight from his fellow convicts as the...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday, June 7 urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) to conduct a deeper, more comprehesinve and investigation into the alleged falsified death certificates of the people who were killed under Duterte’s “war on drugs.” De Lima, a staunch critic of the...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Sunday, June 5 maintained that the dismissal of the illegal drug case filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) against Kerwin Espinosa only emphasized that she is innocent from all the trumped-up drug charges filed against her. De Lima, a vocal critic of the...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Friday, June 3 called on former Albuera Police Chief Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido to finally speak the truth about her innocence in relation to the trumped-up illegal drug charges filed against her. De Lima made the call after Marcelo Adorco, who earlier served as...
Senator Richard Gordon on Thursday said the Department of Justice (DOJ) should fast track its investigations on the retraction of two key witnesses who initially implicated Senator Leila de Lima in the illegal drug trade inside the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP). “Sen. De Lima is being persecuted by...
Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Wednesday, Nov. 17 supported a proposal to increase the 2022 budget of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in order to improve the justice system in the country. Pimentel, a former Senate President, also lauded the decision to fast track the modernization of...
House Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez on Wednesday, Nov. 3 said he respects the Supreme Court decision that junked his petition questioning government’s failure to accord him due process as it investigated allegations of misuse of the Priority Development Assistance...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has affirmed the findings of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by recommending the filing of criminal charges against Organico Agribusiness Ventures Corporation and its officers for unauthorized solicitation of investments. In a resolution on September 3,...
Senators on Thursday welcomed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) move to review the Duterte government’s infamous war on drugs following indications of foul play and the involvement of policemen. This was after the DOJ announced it will review the 52 cases of summary killings under that happened...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa has urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Bureau of Corrections and other related agencies to prioritize the modernization of the country’s correctional system to address the problem of jail congestion. Dela Rosa, during the Senate Finance Committee’s...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday, June 2 said the Supreme Court itself has ruled that records of the bloody anti-drug war campaign do not have any national security implications. Thus, the Philippine National Police (PNP) is duty bound to disclose its records and follow the SC...
The coronavirus vaccines are distributed for free in the country. Las Pinas City residents wait for their turn to get vaccinated at a vaccination hub inside a shopping mall on May 30, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) President Duterte made the assurance after warning about the possible charges...
