Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has urged the Senate to investigate the Bureau of Corrections’ (BuCor) decision to build a wall on a road leading to the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Brgy. Poblacion, Muntinlupa City and check if existing laws were violated during the activitiy. De Lima said the...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima said the libel and cyberlibel charges that Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi had filed against some members of the press over their coverage of the controversial Malampaya gas field buyout were frivolous and baseless. De Lima likened the suits filed by Cusi against the...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has joined other senators in seeking to amend the law governing the substitution of candidates for the national and local elections to prevent abuses in the country’s election processes. In filing Senate Bill No. 2461, De Lima said substitution due to withdrawal...
Opposition Senator Leila De Lima on Wednesday urged the government to come up with a solid strategy to fight the threat of the Omicron coronavirus variant, which is reportedly more infectious than the Delta variant. De Lima said it is imperative for the government to take critical steps towards...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday expressed her support for the labor covenant Vice President Leni Robredo has signed together with the Alliance of Labor Leaders for Leni (ALL4Leni). De Lima said the alliance will bolster Robredo’s presidential campaign and urged the public to help...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday expressed alarm over the reported surge of text messages containing spam, including sketchy job offers that promised high salaries, saying it not only raises data privacy concerns but has put the country’s contact tracing efforts against COVID-19 in a...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Monday said she is dismayed over the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to heed the request of the Duterte administration and suspend its investigation into the drug war and killings in the Philippines. De Lima, a staunch critic of the...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima said the West Philippine Sea should be among the top priority issues that all candidates in the upcoming May 2022 national elections. At the same time, De Lima said Filipinos should help defend the country’s sovereign rights by electing candidates who can assert...
Opposition senator Leila De Lima said on Saturday, Nov. 20 that the reasons cited by the government for the suspension of the International Criminal Court's (ICC) investigation were just done to delay the proceedings, if not for the ICC to entirely defer investigation and prosecution to President...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima said that she was both elated and humbled after presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo paid her a visit on Thursday, Nov. 18 in Camp Crame, Quezon City. Vice President Leni Robredo flashes the “D5” handsign after visiting detained Senator Leila de...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo paid a visit to detained Senator Leila De Lima on Thursday, Nov. 18, in Camp Crame. Vice President Leni Robredo flashes the “D5” handsign after visiting detained Senator Leila de Lima in Camp Crame on Thursday, Nov. 18. (Photo from De Lima’s...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has welcomed Senator Panfilo Lacson’s move to withdraw the bill he filed which seeks to reinstate the death penalty for heinous crimes. De Lima urged the Senate to instead give more push to the bill she filed which seeks to mete qualified reclusion perpetua to...