Outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo visited her party-mate Senator Leila De Lima at the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center in Camp Crame on Friday, June 10. According to de Lima’s office, both Bicolana public servants spent several hours catching up with each other and discussed...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima welcomed the remarks of incoming National Security Adviser (NSA) Clarita Carlos who expressed her disapproval of red-tagging, which has become rampant under the Duterte administration. De Lima said she hopes that the next administration could properly address the...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday, June 7 urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) to conduct a deeper, more comprehesinve and investigation into the alleged falsified death certificates of the people who were killed under Duterte’s “war on drugs.” De Lima, a staunch critic of the...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima said she is thankful that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will be reviewing the drug cases she is facing in Muntinlupa courts but said it should also look into how witnesses were allegedly “coerced.” De Lima has been detained at Camp Crame for more than five years...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Monday, June 6 commended South Cotabato Governor Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. for vetoing the controversial local measure that seeks to lift the ban on open-pit mining in the province which was approved by the Provincial Board two weeks ago. “I laud South Cotabato Gov....
“I am thankful that, as reported by the media, the DOJ is now reviewing my cases.” Detained Senator Leila de Lima made the statement after it was reported that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is reviewing her cases after some witnesses in the drug charges that were filed against her have...
Several senators are now slowly moving out of their offices at the Senate complex in Pasay city as their terms expire on June 30. Outgoing Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III said his taking out of his personal effects at his Senate office does not hurt as he looks at the transition from a high...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Hr. vouched for the integrity of his fellow Cabinet member Menardo Guevarra as the Department of Justice (DOJ) worked on the case of detained outgoing Senator Leila de Lima. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Sunday, June 5 maintained that the dismissal of the illegal drug case filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) against Kerwin Espinosa only emphasized that she is innocent from all the trumped-up drug charges filed against her. De Lima, a vocal critic of the...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima expressed her dismay Saturday, June 4 over the archiving of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee report on the investigation of multi-billion peso ‘’anomalous’’ contracts between Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation and the government amid the Covid-19 pandemic....
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Friday, June 3 called on former Albuera Police Chief Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido to finally speak the truth about her innocence in relation to the trumped-up illegal drug charges filed against her. De Lima made the call after Marcelo Adorco, who earlier served as...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Friday said she is grateful to her colleague, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, for asking the incoming Marcos administration to free her. De Lima, a vocal critic of the Duterte administration, said she is humbled by Recto’s kind remarks during his...
