Outgoing Senator Leila de Lima on Monday, June 27 hailed the decision of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to seek a reopening of the investigation into the killings and other suspected human rights abuses that were commited under President Duterte’s infamous anti-illegal...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Monday, June 27 disclosed she has been discharged from the Manila Doctors Hospital and now feels “generally fine” after undergoing a major surgery. The outgoing detained lawmaker, likewise, thanked the supporters and friends who prayed for her health and her...
Senator Leila de Lima was discharged from the hospital on June 26 after undergoing major surgery. “Discharged from the hospital yesterday. Still recovering from a major surgery. Still experiencing some pains but I feel generally fine. Maraming salamat po sa inyong mga dasal at malasakit (Thank...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Monday, June 20 extended her sympathies to the family of her former legislative staff, Atty. John “Jal” Laylo, who was killed in a random shooting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Laylo, according to de Lima, “is a man of high energy and vibrant spirit.” She...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima arrived at the Manila Doctors Hospital Monday morning (June 20) to undergo a major surgery. Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branches 204 and 256, which are handling the senator’s two drug cases, granted the senator’s “extreme urgent motion for medical...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima is grateful to the courts handling her cases for allowing her to go on a medical furlough, this time to undergo a major surgery, as prescribed by her doctors. In separate orders dated June 15, Judge Abraham Joseph Alcantara and Judge Romeo Buenaventura of Muntinlupa...
Two Muntinlupa courts have granted detained Senator Leila de Lima’s "extreme urgent motion for medical furlough" for five days to allow her to undergo a major operation. In separate decisions dated June 15, the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branches 204 and 256, which are handling the...
Detained opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday, June 14 slammed drug lord Herbert Colanggo for claiming he is being pressured to stop from testifying by her camp, saying all of his recent statements is “part of his stellar performance to grab the limelight from his fellow convicts as the...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima is set to undergo a major operation, her legal counsel said on June 13. De Lima attended her bail hearing on June 13 at the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 256, which is handling one of her two remaining drug cases. Senator Leila de Lima arrives at the...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima will attend a bail hearing in one of her drug cases in Muntinlupa on June 13. The prosecution is scheduled to present witnesses including convicts Jojo Baligad and Herbert Colanggo before the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 256, which handles case 17-167....
Senators on Sunday, June 12 urged Filipinos to commemorate the 124th year of Philippine’s independence remembering the sacrifices that the country’s heroes gave and toiled for liberty and for the nation’s right to carve its own path and identity. Senators gather in the Senate plenary in the...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima thanked Vice President Leni Robredo for visiting her at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center in Camp Crame on June 10. De Lima has been detained at Camp Crame for more than five years due to her cases in Muntinlupa courts filed by the Department of Justice...
