The Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) has denounced government charges that it is financing communist rebels, saying these are nothing but ‘demonization’ of their mission works. Photo RMP FB In a statement, the Catholic organization said the accusations, have “negatively affected”...
Minority Senators Koko Pimentel and Risa Hontiveros have filed a resolution urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to withdraw the remaining drug charges against former Senator Leila de Lima and release her from detention. ​Pimentel and Hontiveros signed and filed Resolution No. 27 "in light...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon said the city government should be consulted and must be part of the planning regarding the development of the vast New Bilibid Prison (NBP) land located in Barangay Poblacion. “My position on NBP land development is that the local government should not only be...
Detained former senator Leila de Lima asked a Muntinlupa court to cite Herbert Colangco, a person deprived of liberty and prosecution witness, and his lawyer Ferdinand Topacio for indirect contempt for a TV interview, saying it can affect her case. Leila de Lima at the Muntinlupa Hall of Justice...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Monday, June 27 disclosed she has been discharged from the Manila Doctors Hospital and now feels “generally fine” after undergoing a major surgery. The outgoing detained lawmaker, likewise, thanked the supporters and friends who prayed for her health and her...
Outgoing Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Menardo Guevarra has been tapped to become the solicitor general under the incoming Marcos administration. Solicitor General-designate Menardo Guevarra (Malacañang photo) Guevarra accepted his nomination as solicitor general-designate during his...
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...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima said she is thankful that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will be reviewing the drug cases she is facing in Muntinlupa courts but said it should also look into how witnesses were allegedly “coerced.” De Lima has been detained at Camp Crame for more than five years...
“I am thankful that, as reported by the media, the DOJ is now reviewing my cases.” Detained Senator Leila de Lima made the statement after it was reported that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is reviewing her cases after some witnesses in the drug charges that were filed against her have...
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...
