A Muntinlupa court has granted the government prosecutors’ request to reopen the trial for one of the two remaining drug cases of former senator Leila de Lima that has been set for decision on May 12. In an order dated April 24, the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 204 reopened the...
Former senator Leila de Lima has asked a Muntinlupa court to dismiss one of her two remaining drug cases or grant bail for her provisional liberty. De Lima, through her lawyer, filed a supplemental omnibus motion on Feb. 23 with the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 204, which is handling...
Former senator Leila de Lima marked her sixth year in what she described as the “most unjust detention” on Friday, Feb. 24. “Six years of unjust detention. Six years that my persecutors hoped would be spent in futility, submission, and silence. Instead, it has been six years of fighting...
Former Senator Leila de Lima will file a supplemental motion for bail with a Muntinlupa court to seek her provisional liberty. This was announced by his legal counsel, Boni Tacardon, on Feb. 10 after former Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) officer-in-charge Rafael Ragos finished his court testimony in...
Former Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) officer-in-charge Rafael Ragos testified again on Dec. 2 in the drug trial of former senator Leila de Lima about his recantation absolving her and Ronnie Dayan. “The hearing went well,” De Lima said as she left the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 204,...
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...
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...
The camp of Senator Leila de Lima has stressed that the judicial affidavit of her former aide and co-accused Ronnie Dayan adopted before the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 204 on Friday, May 13 further affirmed the senator’s innocence from the illegal drug trade case inside the New...
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...
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...
