Detained former senator Leila de Lima prefers to get her provisional liberty from detention through a grant of bail rather than filing a petition for habeas corpus with the Supreme Court. This is according to De Lima’s legal counsel, Boni Tacardon, who said they are aiming for the grant of bail...
Detained former senator Leila de Lima welcomed Sandra Cam’s statement that she was used to prosecute her. In a press conference on Jan. 18, Cam said, “The realization that I was used as a tool for the imprisonment of Senator Leila De Lima.” Former senator Leila de Lima (Contributed photo) De...
Independent minority solon Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman has slammed the "swift" acquittal of Juanito Jose Remulla III, son of Department of Justice (DOJ) Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla, on charged of illegal drug possession. Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshot from Facebook...
Former Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) officer-in-charge Rafael Ragos testified again on Dec. 2 in the drug trial of former senator Leila de Lima about his recantation absolving her and Ronnie Dayan. “The hearing went well,” De Lima said as she left the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 204,...
Detained former senator Leila de Lima said she is feeling better after she was diagnosed with Covid-19 on Nov. 6. “Feeling much better now. Konting ubo na lang po (I only have a slight cough),” said De Lima in a written note from her detention facility in Camp Crame. Former senator Leila de...
After initially being denied by the Philippine National Police (PNP), members of the delegation from the United States Congress led by Senator Edward Markey were finally allowed to visit detained former senator Leila de Lima at the Custodial Center of the PNP in Camp Crame, Quezon City on Friday,...
A United States lawmaker previously banned by former President Duterte is now in the Philippines. Senator Edward Markey of Massachusetts arrived in the Philippines on Thursday to lead a congressional delegation to meet with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. The visit was confirmed on Friday...
Two Muntinlupa courts have allowed American lawmakers to visit former Senator Leila de Lima at her detention facility in Camp Crame, Quezon City. In separate orders, the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branches 204 and 256, which are handling De Lima’s two drug cases, granted her motion to allow...
Gabriela pushed for the immediate release of former Senator Leila De Lima following the Office of the Ombudsman’s dismissal of the bribery case against her and her former aide Ronnie Dayan. Former Senator Leila De Lima (Manila Bulletin File Photo) “De Lima is a human rights advocate, one of...
Minority Senators Koko Pimentel and Risa Hontiveros have filed a resolution urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to withdraw the remaining drug charges against former Senator Leila de Lima and release her from detention. ​Pimentel and Hontiveros signed and filed Resolution No. 27 "in light...
Detained former senator Leila de Lima asked a Muntinlupa court to cite Herbert Colangco, a person deprived of liberty and prosecution witness, and his lawyer Ferdinand Topacio for indirect contempt for a TV interview, saying it can affect her case. Leila de Lima at the Muntinlupa Hall of Justice...
Former Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday, July 5 said she agrees that the war against illegal drugs should continue under the Marcos administration, but this time there should be no more extrajudicial killings nor any manipulation. “Absolutely, the anti-drug campaign must be pursued relentlessly,...
