Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, June 8 expressed her frustration over the denial of former Senator Leila de Lima’s petition for bail.
“I am deeply frustrated over the prolonged detention of former Sen. Leila De Lima. She deserves a speedy trial as enshrined in our Constitution,”...
Though the course is long, justice is finally prevailing.
Sen. Risa Hontiveros, a fellow opposition lawmaker, made the remark following former Senator Leila de Lima’s acquittal in the second drug charges that was filed against her.
“I am happy that my friend and colleague former Senator...
People reacted favorably to the [acquittal of former senator Leila de Lima](https://mb.com.ph/2023/5/12/muntinlupa-court-dismisses-drug-case-vs-de-lima) in another drug case on May 12 in Muntinlupa.
The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 204 found de Lima and Ronnie Dayan not guilty...
Former senator Leila de Lima told Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla that she would rather be granted bail based on the merits in her two remaining drug cases pending in Muntinlupa courts rather than on humanitarian grounds.
De Lima issued a statement from her detention cell in Camp Crame in...
Former senator Leila de Lima vehemently opposed the reopening of the trial for one of her two remaining drugs cases that has been set by a Muntinlupa court for decision on May 12.
Former senator Leila de Lima at the Muntinlupa Hall of Justice in February (Contributed photos)
Through her...
"Five years too late but still appreciated."
Senator Leila De Lima (Photo courtesy of Leila De Lima Facebook Page)
This was how detained Senator Leila De Lima took the news on her accusers' move to retract the drug allegations against her which put her to jail five years ago.
On Monday, May 2,...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) stressed Friday, April 29, that it will let the court decide on the case of alleged drug lord Kerwin Espinosa after hr recanted his statements against detained Senator Leila de Lima’s supposed illegal drug trade involvement in the New Bilibid Prisons...
Senator Leila de Lima has called on other individuals behind the drug allegations thrown at her in the past to come forward and "expose what they know" after self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa took back his drug allegations against her.
Senator Leila de Lima (Photo courtesy of Leila de...
The camp of detained reelectionist Senator Leila de Lima is hoping that witnesses in her drug cases in Muntinlupa will get “inspiration and moral strength” from Kerwin Espinosa who retracted his statements against her and said he had no dealings with her and “has not given her any money at...
Senatorial candidates expressed hopes on Easter Sunday that the nation will finally be free from sufferings and achieve a just society.
Senator Leila de Lima, Senator Risa Hontiveros, Atty. Chel Diokno (Photo courtesy of the offices of De Lima, Hontiveros, and Diokno)
Reelectionist Senator...
Reelectionist Senator Leila de Lima has joined the call of the information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) firms to allow them to carry on with work-from-home (WFH) arrangements.
(MANILA BULLETIN File Photo/Mark Balmores)
De Lima slammed the return-to-office order of the...
"This is People Power."
(Photo courtesy of Sen. Leila De Lima Facebook Page)
This was how Senator Leila de Lima described the campaign rallies of presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo, which have been drawing mammoth crowds.
Following the record-breaking attendance in Robredo's...
