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(Eagle News) – The Supreme Court has allowed media to cover the trial of the drug-related cases filed against Senator Leila de Lima pending before the Muntinlupa regional trial court. The Court en banc directed the clerk of court of the Muntinlupa RTC to “grant courtroom access to as many media representatives as may be accommodated” during the hearings of De Lima’s drug cases. This order was specified in a resolution dated October 16 […]
(Eagle News) – Another regional trial court judge of Muntinlupa inhibited herself from the drug case involving Senator Leila De Lima, becoming the fourth judge to recuse herself from the senator’s controversial drug cases. Judge Lorna Navarro Domingo, acting presiding judge of Muntinlupa RTC branch 206, signed an order on Monday, Nov. 5, saying that she found “no sufficient ground to inhibit herself” from the trial as requested by De Lima, but that she […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Supreme Court has denied with finality former Senator Leila de Lima’s bid for the arrest warrant issued against her in connection with the drug cases she faces to be nullified. In denying De Lima’s motion for reconsideration of the High Court’s October 10, 2017 decision, the SC also effectively ruled that the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court, and not the Sandiganbayan, has jurisdiction over the cases against her. According […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court has yet again reset Senator Leila de Lima’s arraignment for drug-related cases. Branch 205 Judge Amelia Fabros-Corpuz moved De Lima’s arraignment to May 18 instead, pending resolution of an omnibus motion the senator’s camp filed. The motion–filed on March 12–seeks a reversal of the court’s order allowing the prosecution to change the criminal information filed against De Lima from illegal drug trading to conspiracy to […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that plea bargaining in drug cases is allowed. In a press briefing, SC spokesperson Theodore Te said the High Court denied with finality a motion for reconsideration to its earlier decision that nullified a provision from the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act barring the conduct of plea bargains. The SC voted unanimously to declare Section 23 of the law unconstitutional in August, noting that the High Court […]
(Eagle News) — The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 205 on Friday rescheduled the arraignment of Senator Leila de Lima and a co-accused in connection with a drug-related case. Judge Amelia Fabros-Cruz reset the arraignment of the senator and Jad Dera to Nov. 24, essentially to give way to new motions filed by De Lima’s camp. Filibon Tacardon, counsel of De Lima, said they filed two–one for the court to reconsider its decision on a […]
Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Tila nabunutan daw ng tinik ang nakakulong na si Senador Leila de Lima sa ginagawa nitong pagbatikos sa mali umanong kampanya ng gobyerno laban sa ilegal na droga. Sa isang sulat-kamay na statement, sinabi ni De Lima na ang resulta ng Social Weather Stations survey na nagsasabing nabawasan ang mga taong nasisiyahan sa war on drugs ng gobyerno ay katunayan lang na namumulat na ang taumbayan sa maling patakaran ng administrasyon. Si De Lima ay nakapiit […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima refused to enter a plea when arraigned at the Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court on Monday. As a result, Branch 34 entered a not guilty plea over the disobedience to summons case filed against her by the Department of Justice last year, on December 21. The case stems from a complaint filed by Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and Rep. Rey Umali, who discovered that De Lima had told her former bodyguard-driver […]
(Eagle News) — She can always pray. This was the message of President Rodrigo Duterte to Senator Leila de Lima, who is facing a string of drug cases and has been arrested and detained in connection with one filed against her in a Muntinlupa court. “She can always pray that the truth will come out eventually, if there is another truth. Di naman mahilig mag-ano ng kapwa tao,” Duterte told reporters. He added that he stood […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang has clarified that the three illegal drug cases filed against Senator Leila De Lima were not politically motivated. “Drug cases do not involve one’s political beliefs. It involves one’s choice to be involved in illegal drugs,” presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said in a statement. According to Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella, the Department of Justice filed a simple criminal case against Senator De Lima for her alleged participation in […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senate President Koko Pimentel said that the arrest of Senator Leila De Lima will not affect the work of the Senate, adding that it will be business as usual for the Senate. Pimentel also said that the law enforcers – in the conduct of the arrest and service of warrant – should respect the Senate as an institution. Senator Leila De Lima is facing drug charges for her alleged […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Leila De Lima filed motions seeking to dismiss the drug charges filed against her by the Department of Justice at the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC). De Lima’s lawyers immediately filed the motions after the cases were raffled off to three branches of the court, specifically to the salas of Judge Juanita Guerrero of RTC branch 204, Judge Amelia Fabros Corpus of RTC branch 205, and Judge Patricia De Leon of […]
