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)...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo, joined by senatorial candidate and human rights lawyer Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno called for the immediate release of Senator Leila de Lima from detention after the recantation of two testimonies against her. Vice President Leni Robredo and human...
Malacañang is leaving it to the courts to evaluate the pieces of evidence against detained Senator Leila de Lima after another witness flip-flopped on his earlier statement about the lawmakers' supposed involvement in the illegal drug trade. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar and Senator...
