The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Governing Council called on Philippine authorities to immediately drop the only remaining drug case against former senator Leila de Lima and release her from detention. De Lima has been in detention in Camp Crame since February 2017 or for more than six...
Two inmates who are state witnesses have declared that they will recant their testimonies against former senator Leila de Lima. De Lima is facing the last remaining drug case filed by the Department of Justice in 2017 in a Muntinlupa court. Former senator Leila de Lima at the Muntinlupa...
Former senator Leila de Lima expressed dismay over the Office of the Solicitor General's move regarding her acquittal in a drug case last May in Muntinlupa. In a decision last May 12, Presiding Judge Abraham Joseph Alcantara of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 204 acquitted De...
Former senator Leila de Lima attended on Sept. 11 a hearing of her last remaining drug case in Muntinlupa under a new judge. Last July, it was announced that Presiding Judge Gener Gito of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 206 was assigned to hear case 17-167, which was filed by the...
A Muntinlupa court denied the appeal of the Department of Justice (DOJ) panel of prosecutors to reopen a drug case of former senator Leila de Lima after she was acquitted. Last May 12, the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 204 dismissed case No. 17-165 filed by the DOJ against De Lima...
A new judge has been assigned to handle the hearings of the last remaining drug case of former senator Leila de Lima in Muntinlupa. Presiding Judge Gener Gito of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 206 will now hear case 17-167. Former senator Leila de Lima (Juan Carlo De Vela) The case...
Former senator Leila de Lima said she is disappointed with government prosecutors for filing a motion that resulted in a Muntinlupa judge inhibiting himself from hearing her last remaining drug case. In an order, Presiding Judge Abraham Joseph Alcantara of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court...
A Muntinlupa judge has inhibited himself from hearing the last remaining drug case of former senator Leila de Lima due to a motion filed by government prosecutors. In an order, Presiding Judge Abraham Joseph Alcantara of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 204 granted the motion...
A lawyer who is a member of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) filed a petition for indirect contempt against seven persons, including former senator Leila De Lima, Sen. Risa Hontiveros and Rep. Edcel Lagman, over their media statements related to De Lima’s last remaining drug...
United Nations (UN) experts called for the release of detained former senator Leila de Lima while also expressing “grave disappointment” after a court denied her petition for bail and stretched her six-year detention. In a statement on Friday, June 16, the UN experts also called on the Marcos...
The decision of a Muntinlupa judge to recuse himself from the trial of former senator Leila de Lima will slightly delay the resolution of the case, the accused legal counsel said. Presiding Judge Romeo Buenaventura of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 256 issued an order dated June 15,...
Former senator Leila de Lima filed a motion for reconsideration to reverse a ruling by a Muntinlupa court that denied her petition for bail in the last remaining drug case she is facing. In a decision dated June 7, Presiding Judge Romeo Buenaventura of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC)...
