Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Friday expressed her disgust over reports the staff of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio was allowed to escape during an anti-drug operation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in a beach resort in Davao de Oro recently. De Lima, a vocal...
House Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez on Wednesday, Nov. 3 said he respects the Supreme Court decision that junked his petition questioning government’s failure to accord him due process as it investigated allegations of misuse of the Priority Development Assistance...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday, Nov. 3 questioned the Commission on Elections (Comelec) decision to hand over the contract on the delivery of the 2022 election paraphernalia to Dennis Uy’s F2 Logistics, a known supporter of President Duterte smacks of cronyism. De Lima said Uy is...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has called on Senate to expedite the passage of the proposed bill that seeks to protect journalists as she condemned the recent kiling in Davao del Sur of another journalist. De Lima said she hopes that the killing of Orlando “Dondon” Dinoy should prompt her...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Monday called on Filipinos to continue to pray for justice for all the victims of violence and senseless killings in the country. In her message for All Saints’ and All Soul’s Day or Undas, the detained senator said she constantly prays for strength and...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima has commended jail and prison volunteers for investing their time and effort to share love and compassion among persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) and help them heal and become closer to God. As the country celebrated the 34th Prison Awareness Week, De Lima said the...
Senator Leila de Lima has filed a resolution commending Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo for winning gold in the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships men’s vault and another silver medal in the parallel bars event. De Lima said Yulo’s triumph following his setback in the Tokyo Olympics,...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has called for a congressional probe into the reported takeover of the Benguet Electric Cooperative (BENECO) by the National Electrification Administration (NEA). De Lima, chair of the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development, has filed...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has urged Congress to look into the reported removal of books, pamphlets, research work or any reading material considered by the government as “subversive” from the libraries of state universities. In filing Senate Resolution No. 933, De Lima emphasized the...
Senator Leila de Lima on Friday, Oct. 22 said she has no problem with Senator Richard Gordon being included in Vice President Leni Robredo’s senatorial slate despite the negative perception that he played a huge role in her persecution as a vocal critic of the Duterte administration. De Lima, who...
Senators on Thursday welcomed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) move to review the Duterte government’s infamous war on drugs following indications of foul play and the involvement of policemen. This was after the DOJ announced it will review the 52 cases of summary killings under that happened...
Reelectionist Senator Leila De Lima is now seeking a congressional inquiry into the reported sale and use of text blast machines for probable partisan political activities. De Lima said such activity is abusive and dangerous as it hijacks emergency protocol systems to “spam” people with...
