Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima on Monday commended Vice President Leni Robredo’s plan to turn the Angat Buhay program of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) into a non-government organization (NGO) to continue helping Filipinos in need. De Lima said Robredo serves as an inspiration to...
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...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima​ said Tuesday she has no regrets in gunning for reelection even though partial and unofficial election results are not going in her favor as the Filipino love and compassion for each other shown during the campaign period are what matter. "Our journey for the...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima cast her vote at Saint Rita College in Parañaque around 10:15 a.m. De Lima, who is seeking reelection, was escorted by policemen after being allowed by Muntilupa courts to cast her vote in Paranaque City. A staunch critic of President Duterte, De Lima was jailed in...
Two Muntinlupa courts have allowed detained reelectionist Senator Leila de Lima to vote in the May 9 national and local elections. The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branches 204 and 256 have granted De Lima’s motion for furlough she filed on April 11. On May 9, De Lima will be escorted from her...
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...
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...
