(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives issued a “show cause order” against Senator Leila De Lima and is set to serve this with the Senate today, Tuesday, November 29. House members have agreed to just ask the Senate to “discipline” one of its members for interfering in the House hearing by preventing her former bodyguard and lover, Ronnie Dayan, from testifying last October. Lawmakers agreed not to issue an arrest warrant anymore against […]
Tag: Illegal Drugs
Dayan’s message to De Lima: “Stay strong”
(Eagle News) – Ronnie Dayan, the controversial former driver-bodyguard of Senator Leila De Lima, has this advice for his former boss and lover: “Stay strong.” In a press conference at the House of Representatives Tuesday night, Dayan advised the former justice secretary to fight all the accusations hurled against her. Before this, Dayan was told of De Lima’s concerned appeal for him when she learned of his arrest, asking authorities to spare him and to […]
Malacanang welcomes news of Dayan’s arrest
(Eagle News) — Malacanang welcomed the news of the arrest of Ronnie Dayan, the former driver-bodyguard of Senator Leila de Lima, saying this would lead to uncovering the truth behind allegations made by various witnesses on the proliferation of illegal drugs at the New Bilibid Prisons. Dayan has been tagged by high profile inmates at the NBP as the alleged bagman of former justice secretary. De Lima recently admitted that she had an illicit […]
De Lima “prediction:” Kerwin, Jaybee might end up dead
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila De Lima has predicted that suspected Eastern Visayas drug lord Kerwin Espinosa, as well as high-profile inmate Jaybee Sebastian, would sooner or later end up dead, even if they cooperate with the government. De Lima, whom both Espinosa and Sebastian had earlier implicated as having been involved in the illegal drugs business, issued the statement as Kerwin is expected to appear before the Senate inquiry investigating the death of his […]
Kerwin Espinosa vows to execute affidavit and “tell all” with or without WPP
(Eagle News) — Suspected big time drug lord, Kerwin Espinosa, will execute an affidavit and help government identify all those involved in the illegal drugs trade — including their protectors — in Eastern Visayas, even without him being placed under the government’s witness protection program (WPP) Upon his arrival from Abu Dhabi, his lawyers said that Espinosa is willing to tell everything that he knows in his affidavit. Meanwhile, Philippine National Police Chief Director General […]
News in photo: Kerwin Espinosa presented by PNP chief Dela Rosa to media
Duterte gov’t gets “very good” SWS satisfaction rating, as drugs war nets “excellent” marks
(Eagle News) — The administration of President Rodrigo Duterte got a “very good” +66 net satisfaction rating in the latest survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) where even his illegal drugs campaign — much criticized by human rights groups and political opponents — got an “excellent” satisfaction rating of 78 percent. The results of the survey which were first published in Business World, the SWS’ media partner, showed that the over-all performance of the Duterte […]
UN Special Rapporteur sets conditions for Philippine visit
(Eagle News) — The special rapporteur of the United Nations who had earlier made comments on the rise of extrajudicial killings since the start of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte has set conditions for the visit, including the request for “freedom of inquiry” and “confidential and unsupervised contact with witnesses.” UN special rapporteur on summary executions Agnes Callamard specified her conditions for her visit to the country to the Department of Foreign Affairs. The conditions were disclosed […]
Aguirre says De Lima’s admission of affair with Dayan bolsters gov’t case vs her
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said that the admission of Senator Leila de Lima of her illicit affair with her former driver-bodyguard, Ronnie Dayan, would bolster the government’s case against the former justice secretary on her alleged involvement in protecting the illegal drug trade at the New Bilibid Prisons. De Lima was interviewed by broadcaster and economist Solita “Winnie” Monsod in her program, “Bawal ang Pasaway kay Mareng Winnie” aired by […]
“Premeditated,” senators says of CIDG action vs Espinosa; lapses, violations noted
(Eagle News) — “Premeditated.” That was how Senator Panfilo Lacson described the operation of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CODG) region 8 where Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa was killed in an alleged shootout after he allegedly resisted the police search Lacson, head of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, and the other senators who questioned the CIDG officials during the senate hearing on Thursday said there seemed to have […]
Espinosa affidavit tells of P8 million given by son to De Lima, says Albuera police chief
(Eagle News) — The chief of police of Albuera, Leyte admitted upon questioning by Senator Leila De Lima that the former justice secretary herself was on the top of the list of personalities connected to illegal drugs, based on the latest affidavit of slain mayor Rolando Espinosa. During the senate hearing investigating the mayor’s killing, Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido, also disclosed that Mayor Espinosa had told them that De Lima was given P8 million by his […]
Espinosa affidavit says De Lima and Kerwin talked about illegal drugs in Baguio last March
(Eagle News) — Slain Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa had named former Justice Secretary and now senator Leila de Lima in his final affidavit taken by policemen in August, saying she and his son Kerwin met in Baguio City sometime in March 2016 to talk about the illegal drug trade. This was contained in his six-page affidavit that Albuera policemen took in August. He named De Lima several government officials and members of the […]





