Detained Senator Leila de Lima said she is hoping more people will come out and tell the truth to prove her innocence in the drug charges that she is facing. De Lima has been in detention for more than five years since February 2017 after the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed three cases against...
Ronnie Dayan, the former security aide of detained Senator Leila de Lima, has denied getting P10 million from Rafael Ragos, former Bureau of Corrections officer-in-charge and the star witness of the prosecution. Ragos earlier recanted his statements against Dayan and De Lima. Dayan attended a...
The camp of detained Senator Leila de Lima is hoping that a Muntinlupa court will dismiss one of the two remaining drug cases she is facing for lack of evidence after star witness Rafael Ragos recanted all his accusations against her. On May 13, De Lima attended a hearing at the Muntinlupa Regional...
Re-electionist Senator Leila M. de Lima has asked Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra to review the ‘’trumped-up’’ drug cases filed against her by the Department of Justice (DOJ) following witness’s retraction of testimony against her in relation to illegal drugs. In a letter addressed to...
Spain's Carlos Alcaraz serves to Spain's Rafael Nadal during their 2022 ATP Tour Madrid Open tennis tournament singles quarter-final match at the Caja Magica in Madrid on May 6, 2022. (AFP) Carlos Alcaraz overcame an injury scare on his way to a milestone victory over Rafael Nadal on Friday to set...
Detained reelectionist Senator Leila de Lima has asked a Muntinlupa court to immediately dismiss one of the two remaining drug cases filed against her by the Department of Justice (DOJ) after key witness Rafael Ragos, former Bureau of Corrections officer-in-charge, revealed that his affidavits and...
Senator Richard Gordon said the two key witnesses in the case against Senator Leila de Lima are liable for perjury after recanting their bombshell testimony. Gordon, the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights chairman, said that Rafael Ragos and Kerwin Espinosa should be investigated by the...
President Duterte remained confident that the Executive Department could still prosecute detained Senator Leila de Lima for drug charges but said the effort would be for nothing if Vice President Leni Robredo wins as president. President Duterte, Vice President Leni Robredo, and Senator Leila de...
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...
The camp of detained reelectionist Senator Leila de Lima dared former Justice secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II to answer the revelations of co-accused-turned-state witness Rafael Ragos, former Bureau of Corrections officer-in-charge, that he was forced to pin down and connect the lawmaker to the...
Detained reelectionist Senator Leila de Lima said the retraction of Rafael Ragos, former officer-in-charge of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), is five years too late but “I am glad that he did.” Ragos, a key witness and former co-accused in a drug case filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ)...
"Five years too late but still appreciated." Senator Leila De Lima (Photo courtesy of Leila De Lima Facebook Page) This was how detained Senator Leila De Lima took the news on her accusers' move to retract the drug allegations against her which put her to jail five years ago. On Monday, May 2,...
