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...
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...
"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,...
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...
Reelectionist Senator Leila de Lima thanked individuals and groups who expressed their solidarity with her after Kerwin Espinosa recanted all of his allegations against her in relation to the illegal drug trade. De Lima, the most prominent political prisoner under the Duterte administration, said...
Senator Ronald dela Rosa believes self-confessed drug Rolan ‘’Kerwin’’ Espinosa might face possible perjury charges for recanting his testimony before the Senate on his alleged involvement in the lucrative illegal drugs trade. During a DWIZ radio interview, Dela Rosa said ‘’Puwede’’...
Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao on Friday, April 29, called for the speedy release of detained senator Leila de Lima as the main witness of the drug charges against her recanted his statement. Senator Manny Pacquiao Pacquiao lamented that as drug charges against De Lima remain...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) stressed Friday, April 29, that it will let the court decide on the case of alleged drug lord Kerwin Espinosa after hr recanted his statements against detained Senator Leila de Lima’s supposed illegal drug trade involvement in the New Bilibid Prisons...
Senator Leila de Lima has called on other individuals behind the drug allegations thrown at her in the past to come forward and "expose what they know" after self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa took back his drug allegations against her. Senator Leila de Lima (Photo courtesy of Leila de Lima...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) will let the Department of Justice (DOJ) take the lead in investigating the case of self-confesses drug trader Kerwin Espinosa after he took back all the accusations he made linking detained Senator Leila de Lima to alleged illegal drug activities inside the New...