Tag: drug-related charges

Sotto visits detained De Lima

(Eagle News) — Senate President Tito Sotto paid Senator Leila de Lima a visit in detention on Thursday, June 29. In a statement, Sotto said he visited De Lima, who is detained in Camp Crame on drug-related charges, “para makita ang kaniyang kalagayan.” “Pinagusapan din namin ang mga bills na kanyang sinusulong at kung papaano siya makakasama sa mga hearings,” he said. All in all, his visit lasted 37 minutes. De Lima has been detained […]

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Roque: De Lima detained over “serious drug charges,” not over principles, political beliefs

(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima is detained over “serious drug charges.” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque had this to say following former President Benigno Aquino III’s comment the former justice secretary was in jail because of her principles and political beliefs. Aquino made the pronouncement during the launch of her electronic book “Dispatches from Crame I,” as he urged the public to continue to support her. “The lady senator was arrested and incarcerated because […]

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