Precious freedom! Free at last! These were the words first said by former senator Leila de Lima as she walked out of the Custodial Center of the Philippine National Police (PNP) at Camp Crame on Monday night, Nov. 13. Police have started processing the release of de Lima after receiving the order...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is now preparing for the release of former senator Leila de Lima after a Muntinlupa court handling the remaining drug case filed against her allowed her to post bail. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said that once a release order was issued by the court, they...
A Muntinlupa court ordered the release of former senator Leila de Lima from detention on Monday, Nov. 13, after she posted bail amounting to P300,000. De Lima will be released from the Philippine National Police Custodial Center in Camp Crame tonight (Nov. 13). Former senator...
Some senators on Monday, November 13 welcomed the decision of a Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) to finally grant former senator Leila de Lima’s petition to be allowed to post bail. Senator Risa Hontiveros, a fellow opposition lawmaker, said she is thankful that De Lima was...
Former senator Leila de Lima (Arnold Quizol/ MANILA BULLETIN) House of Representatives members, particularly those from the minority, have welcomed a Muntinlupa City court's decision to grant bail to former senator Leila de Lima after over six years in...
Members of the opposition, led by former vice president Leni Robredo, on Monday, Nov. 13, welcomed the decision of a Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court to allow detained former senator Leila de Lima to post bail on the third and final drug case filed against her. Former senator Leila de Lima holds a...
Akbayan welcomed the decision of the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court Branch 206 to release former Senator Leila de Lima after over six years of imprisonment. (Arnold Quizol/Manila Bulletin) Akbayan, in a statement issued on Monday, Nov. 13, said the detainment of De Lima was...
Canada and the European Union (EU) on Monday, Nov. 13, welcomed the granting of bail to detained former senator Leila de Lima and expressed hopes for a rapid resolution of her case. The Canadian Embassy in Manila was the first diplomatic mission in the Philippines to welcome the decision of a...
After more than six years, former senator Leila de Lima will finally be released from detention after a Muntinlupa judge granted her bail in the last remaining drug case she is facing. In a decision dated Nov. 10 under case no. 17-167, Presiding Judge Gener Gito of the Muntinlupa RTC Branch...
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Governing Council called on Philippine authorities to immediately drop the only remaining drug case against former senator Leila de Lima and release her from detention. De Lima has been in detention in Camp Crame since February 2017 or for more than six...
Two inmates who are state witnesses have declared that they will recant their testimonies against former senator Leila de Lima. De Lima is facing the last remaining drug case filed by the Department of Justice in 2017 in a Muntinlupa court. Former senator Leila de Lima at the Muntinlupa...
Former senator Leila de Lima expressed dismay over the Office of the Solicitor General's move regarding her acquittal in a drug case last May in Muntinlupa. In a decision last May 12, Presiding Judge Abraham Joseph Alcantara of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 204 acquitted De...
