Opposition Senator Leila de Lima will heavily rely on her representatives and handwritten statements from Camp Crame to mount a strong campaign for her reelection bid in the May elections. Senator Leila de Lima (Senate of the Philippines) De Lima said on Tuesday, Feb. 8, that her representatives...
Detained Sen. Leila de Lima thanked Muntinlupa courts for granting her request to have an online video conference call on Feb. 3 with her 89-year-old mother, who is confined in a Naga City hospital and diagnosed with coronavirus disease COVID-19) and severe pneumonia. On Feb. 3, Muntinlupa City...
The mother of detained Sen. Leila de Lima has coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and severe pneumonia, and suffered a heart attack. This was contained in the manifestation submitted by the senator to two Muntinlupa courts after she was able to talk to Norma Magistrado de Lima, her 89-year-old mom who...
Detained Sen. Leila de Lima was able to have an online video conference call on Feb. 3 with her ailing mother who is in critical condition after testing positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after two Muntinlupa courts granted her “extremely urgent” motions. Presiding Judge Romeo...
Detained Sen. Leila de Limas has asked two Muntinlupa courts to allow her to have an online video call with her mother who is in critical condition after contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). De Lima filed the urgent motion on Feb. 3 with the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branches 204...
Opposition Senators Leila de Lima and Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday lauded the Senate for approving on third and final reading the bill that seeks to expedite the proposed compensation law for those whose homes and properties were destroyed during the five-month siege in Marawi City. The Senate...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has thrown her support behind Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon, saying she has the prerogative to call out her fellow commissioner, Aimee Ferolino-Ampoloquio, on the delayed release of the decision on presidential aspirant Ferdinand...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Monday vowed to pursue programs aimed at helping improve the plight of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families once she wins a fresh term in the Senate in the upcoming May 2022 elections. In particular, De Lima said she will seek to establish programs...
At least two senators have openly expressed their support for the renewed push to propose increased social protection for the elderly through the creation of a universal social pension for senior citizens. Detained Senator Leila de Lima said is imperative for the government to ensure that the...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday condemned the reported torture and barbaric killing of a woman whose body was recently found floating near a beach in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur. De Lima, a vocal critic of the Duterte administration, said such death highlights the reigning culture of...
Senatorial aspirant Senator Leila de Lima on Monday called on the government to prepare for the emergence of new variants of COVID-19 to prevent future case surges in the country. De Lima, who is seeking a re-election in the upcoming May 2022 elections, said the government’s approach towards...
Senator Leila de Lima has urged Congress to immediately pass the law mandating a five-day paid pandemic leave for workers in light of the surge in COVID-19 cases in the country. De Lima lamented that workers already occupy a vulnerable position in Philippine society but their miserable plight is...
