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No one believes you anymore, she says (Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima slammed President Rodrigo Duterte anew after he said the drug claims against her were true. “Well, we all know what his oath is worth,” De Lima said. According to De Lima, the President for instance, swore to defend the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights but instead “waged a drug war that summarily executed thousands of Filipinos, depriving them of life without due […]
(Eagle News) — Those who were included in President Rodrigo Duterte’s narco-list can challenge the allegations against them in court, the Palace said on Friday, March 15. “As I have previously stated there is always a remedy to judicial resort for those in the list who feel they have been injured by the announcement that their names are included in the list,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said, a day after President Duterte named the 46 […]
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, Feb. 24, slammed anew the continued detention of Senator Leila de Lima for drug charges. “That a Senator of the Republic, an outspoken critic of the administration, and a relentless crusader against extrajudicial killings, can languish in detention for two years on drug charges, despite the glaring absence of physical evidence, and on the mere say-so of convicted drug dealers currently serving prison sentences in the national penitentiary, […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima has cried foul over some people’s comments her detention was a result of the existing political climate, saying this implied she targeted political enemies when she was in a “better” political climate in the first place. “I have persecuted no one for political reasons or personal vengeance. I have killed no one. I have stolen nothing. I have sold or traded no drugs. I have not conspired with […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila Regional Trial Court has found probable cause for the drug charges filed by the Department of Justice against alleged drug distributor Kerwin Espinosa. The Manila RTC Branch 51 said there was also probable cause for the same charges against Peter Co, Lovely Impal, Marcelo Adorco and Ruel Malindangan. It issued a warrant for the arrest of the accused, even if all, except Malindangan, are already in custody. No bail was […]
(Eagle News)—Senator Leila de Lima was arraigned for conspiracy to trade illegal drugs in a Muntinlupa court on Friday, Aug. 10. But De Lima did not enter a plea for the charges, prompting Branch 205 to enter a not guilty plea for her. De Lima, who is detained in Camp Crame, is facing other drug-related cases in other Muntinlupa courts. The cases stem from her alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade in the New […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Monday, April 30, formally filed charges against barangay officials who allegedly failed to set up the Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council in their areas of jurisdiction, as required by the law. Interior Undersecretary Martin Diño and Assistant Secretary Ricojudge Janver Echiverri filed the administrative complaints before the Ombudsman against the chairs of Barangays 471, 477, 482, 659-A, and 690 in Manila. The filing came on […]
(Eagle News) – “A miscarriage of justice.” This was how Senator Leila De Lima described on Wednesday, April 18, the Supreme Court’s dismissal of her appeal of its previous decision that junked her petition questioning, among others, the validity of the drug charges filed against her. “After all, my legal team, led by former Solicitor General Florin T. Hilbay, has more than ably presented and argued our position that the allegations in the Information amount […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre apologized on Monday to the prosecutors he had ordered to be investigated following their decision to dismiss drug charges against Kerwin Espinosa and others. According to Aguirre, “extraordinary times or extraordinary incidents call for extraordinary solutions or at least measures..,” even as he acknowledged that ordering the investigation of the panel composed of Aristotle Reyes, now a regional trial court judge; and Michael John Humarang was “wrong.” “Pasensiya na […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Solicitor General will represent the Philippine National Police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in seeking to overturn a Department of Justice’s panel decision junking drug charges against Kerwin Espinosa and others. This is according to Solicitor General Jose Calida himself, who made the announcement in a tweet posted on Thursday afternoon. “As ‘Tribune of the People,’ the OSG will enter its appearance as counsel for PNP-CIDG..The Solicitor General […]
(Eagle News) — A regional trial court judge has refused to inhibit himself from the cases filed against Kerwin Espinosa. In refusing to recuse himself from the cases for illegal drug trading, possession of dangerous drugs and possession of firearms, Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 26 Presiding Judge Silvino Pampilo Jr. said a “mere imputation of bias and partiality” was “not enough” for him to do this. It was the prosecution that sought Pampilo’s inhibition, […]
(Eagle News) — Leila De Lima can still continue her work as a senator even if she is already detained at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center. This is according to Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III. According to Pimentel, the lady senator can still pass and create bills while inside the detention facility. De Lima was arrested on Friday morning, February 24, in connection with her alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison […]
