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(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima defended the presentation of a new witness in the continuation of the hearings on extrajudicial killings, claiming that this had nothing to do with the Liberal Party or any plot to embarrass President Duterte. On Thursday (September 15) , she presented a self-confessed hired assassin and alleged member of a death squad in Davao City who testified before the Senate on alleged extrajudicial killings in Davao City. […]
(Eagle News)– Senator Leila De Lima on Wednesday refused to attend House of Representatives’ own investigation of narcotics trade inside National Penitentiary, and cited ‘interparliamentary courtesy’ as her right to snob the probe. “Alam naman nila iyan, ni Congressman Harry. Abugado rin siya. Interparliamentary courtesy,” De Lima said. The senator issued this statement after Kabataan Party-list Representative Harry Roque challenged her to attend the lower House inquiry. Interparliamentary courtesy is a tradition of both houses […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte beefed up his statements about Senator Leila De Lima in a press conference on Wednesday, accusing that she has a new boyfriend and pressed that it was really De Lima who was filmed in a sex video. “Hindi niya mapigilan ang immorality niya… Her sex escapades led her to commit several serious violations of law,” Duterte told reporters. “Lumabas na lahat e, pati yung kalokohan niya sa kama. Hindi photoshop […]
(Eagle News)– Kabayan Party-list Rep. Harry Roque on Wednesday challenged Senator Leila De Lima to show up at the House’s investigation on her connection with illegal drugs trade inside New Bilibid Prison. “Those are issues that she has to respond to. Kung walang tinatago, sisipot. Kung malinis ang konsensya, humarap ka,” Roque said. “We will see. We will invoke jurisprudence. We need to clarify the scope of this inter-parliamentary courtesy,” Roque answered about De Lima’s choice […]
Ni Meanne Corvera (Eagle News) — Hindi na naitago ni Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa ang maglabas ng sama ng loob sa pagdidiin sa kanila sa extrajudicial killings o summary executions. Sa ikalawang araw ng imbestigasyon ng senado sa mga kaso ng extra judicial killings at mga summary executions, umangal na si Dela Rosa. Sa kabila ng kanilang pagtatrabaho at panganib sa buhay ng mga pulis, marami pa rin ang […]
(Eagle News)– Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II told on Tuesday that they have been huddling witnesses and evidence to find out if Sen. De Lima and her cohorts allowed the expansion of drug syndicates inside New Bilibid Prison during her time as DOJ secretary. Aguirre revealed this month that at least two former Justice officials from the past administration, along with religious personnel and NBP authorities, are being investigated for their involvement in the drug […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said trafficking of shabu happened unhampered inside the National Bilibid Prisons right under the nose of then Justice Secretary Leila de Lima and that her driver had a role to play in it. In his press conference held Sunday at 1 a.m., the President also pointed to the relationship between De Lima and her driver that gave rise to corruption inside the national penitentiary. The President also declared […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — In his news conference conducted in Davao City Sunday, President Rodrigo Duterte remained adamant in pursuing his expose of Senator Leila De Lima and added that he holds wiretaps and ATM records that will serve as proof that her driver-bodyguard had transactions with drug syndicates in the New Bilibid Prison.
(Eagle News) — Leaders of the House of Representatives on Monday urged Senator Leila De Lima to voluntarily show up in the congressional investigation over the presence of drugs inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) during her term as secretary of Department of Justice. “I would ask her as a resource speaker, not as a senator because that is beyond the role she has right now. What we want to find out is what happened…but […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said he would continue to expose officials with alleged links to illegal drug operations, as he warned those who are trying to interfere in this campaign, including public and government officials. As the word war between the President and senator Leila de Lima heated up, the President reminded the lady senator that she is in public office and should not be onion-skinned. Life of public officials, an […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte vowed he would not be deterred in his campaign to fight the drug menace, even in the face of complaints of human rights violations being hurled against his police force. In his speech during the 115th anniversary of the Police Service, the President said he is supporting the police force in their fight to suppress the drug menace since this was what he had promised even during his […]
Former Justice Secretary and Senator Leila De Lima believes the United Nations arbitral tribunal will give a favorable ruling for the Philippines regarding the dispute in the West Philippine Sea.
