Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Friday, June 3 thanked Senator Grace Poe for openly speaking up and expressing her solidarity with her by raising awareness about her continued unjust detention. De Lima said she was “deeply touched” by Poe’s kind words for her during the latter’s...
The camp of detained Senator Leila de Lima on Thursday, June 2 welcomed the recent recantation of another witness on the drug trade charges filed against her by the government. Detained Senator Leila de Lima arrives at the Muntinlupa Hall of Justice for a hearing in April 2019 (Jonathan Hicap)...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima said she is hoping more people will come out and tell the truth to prove her innocence in the drug charges that she is facing. De Lima has been in detention for more than five years since February 2017 after the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed three cases against...
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Wednesday, June 1 called on the incoming administration of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. to help free Senator Leila de Lima whom he said is a “feisty lady worthy of our respect.” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto...
A government witness in a case against Kerwin Espinosa has recanted allegations against detained Senator Leila de Lima linking her to illegal drug trade. Marcelo Adorco, a person deprived of liberty (PDL) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa, executed counter-affidavits wherein he denied...
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima on Monday commended Vice President Leni Robredo’s plan to turn the Angat Buhay program of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) into a non-government organization (NGO) to continue helping Filipinos in need. De Lima said Robredo serves as an inspiration to...
The camp of Senator Leila de Lima has stressed that the judicial affidavit of her former aide and co-accused Ronnie Dayan adopted before the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 204 on Friday, May 13 further affirmed the senator’s innocence from the illegal drug trade case inside the New...
Ronnie Dayan, the former security aide of detained Senator Leila de Lima, has denied getting P10 million from Rafael Ragos, former Bureau of Corrections officer-in-charge and the star witness of the prosecution. Ragos earlier recanted his statements against Dayan and De Lima. Dayan attended a...
The camp of detained Senator Leila de Lima is hoping that a Muntinlupa court will dismiss one of the two remaining drug cases she is facing for lack of evidence after star witness Rafael Ragos recanted all his accusations against her. On May 13, De Lima attended a hearing at the Muntinlupa Regional...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima​ said Tuesday she has no regrets in gunning for reelection even though partial and unofficial election results are not going in her favor as the Filipino love and compassion for each other shown during the campaign period are what matter. "Our journey for the...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima cast her vote at Saint Rita College in Parañaque around 10:15 a.m. De Lima, who is seeking reelection, was escorted by policemen after being allowed by Muntilupa courts to cast her vote in Paranaque City. A staunch critic of President Duterte, De Lima was jailed in...
Two Muntinlupa courts have allowed detained reelectionist Senator Leila de Lima to vote in the May 9 national and local elections. The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branches 204 and 256 have granted De Lima’s motion for furlough she filed on April 11. On May 9, De Lima will be escorted from her...
