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Panel says this is “without prejudice to respondents’ recourse” to bring issue before “proper forum” (Eagle News)–The Department of Justice special panel of prosecutors hearing the sedition charges filed against Vice President Leni Robredo and several others has junked some of the respondents’ motions to disqualify the Office of the Solicitor General as counsel of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, the acting complainant. In junking the motions in a 10-page order on Aug. 23, […]
(Eagle News)–“People know who are and are not the real victims of political persecution.” This was the brief response of Senator Leila de Lima to Senator Bong Revilla’s statement allowing her to take part in Senate proceedings would only reflect double standards and would be a form of special treatment. In a statement, Revilla said when he was incarcerated due to “politically motivated charges,” it was “the official position of the Senate leadership at that […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Bong Revilla described as “disheartening” what he said were the “double standards and sense of entitlement” of the group that is calling for detained Senator Leila de Lima to be allowed to participate in Senate proceedings. In a statement, Revilla said when he was incarcerated due to “politically motivated charges,” a “very vocal group” was against his participation in Senate proceedings. Revilla was eventually acquitted of the plunder charges filed against him in […]
(Eagle News)–Former President Noynoy Aquino and seven former senators have expressed support for the call of at least two senators for detained Senator Leila de Lima to be allowed to fully discharge her duties as a senator. Apart from Aquino, those who signed the statement of support for the resolutions filed by Senators Franklin Drilon and Panfilo Lacson were former senators Rene Saguisag, Wigberto Tañada Sr., Sergio Osmena III, Antonio Trillanes IV, Paolo Benigno Aquino […]
(Eagle News)–Was the “premature, reckless” announcement of the “impending” release of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Sanchez meant to be “a propaganda blitz to drumbeat support for the death penalty?” This was the question posed by Senator Leila de Lima on Saturday, August 24, a day after the Palace clarified Sanchez, who was convicted of the murder and rape of Aileen Sarmenta, and of the murder of her friend Allan Gomez in the 1990, was not […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima has urged the government to heed Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana’s warning about the proximity of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators to military facilities, warning of the possible start of a “creeping Chinese invasion.” “It’s better to err on the side of caution. It’s even beyond caution, a cause for serious concern,” De Lima said. According to De Lima, “we cannot set aside the possibility that these POGO hubs could be used […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima has asked the Department of Justice panel hearing the sedition charges filed against her and several others to remove the Office of the Solicitor General as counsel for the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, the acting complainant. In seeking for the OSG’s removal in a 13-page motion filed on Aug. 14, De Lima said it is “illegal and improper” for Solicitor General Jose Calida to appear as the lawyer for […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima has urged President Rodrigo Duterte to cancel the Philippines’ agreements with China supposedly to develop three strategic islands in the country. In filing Senate Resolution No. 93 calling for the cancellation of the planned development of Fuga island in Cagayan, and Grande and Chiquita Islands in Subic, Zambales, De Lima noted what she said were claims from military officials that Chinese presence in these “strategic border islands” would “pose, if […]
(Eagle News)–The camp of the recently arrested co-accused in the drug-related cases filed against Senator Leila de Lima has denied the allegations against him. The lawyer of Jose Adrian Dera, alias Jad de Vera himself issued the denial when his client was presented to the media at the National Bureau of Investigation headquarters in Manila hours after he was arrested in his house in Barangay Balibago, Pampanga around 5:30 a.m. Dera, who had been in […]
(Eagle News)–A co-accused of Senator Leila de Lima in two drug-related cases was arrested on Friday, Aug. 16. NBI director Ferdinand Lavin said Jose Adrian Dera, who had gone into hiding for two years following the charges filed against him, was nabbed by the National Bureau of Investigation in Pampanga. The charges were in connection with his alleged role as De Lima’s and former Bureau of Corrections director Franklin Bucayu’s bagman in the illegal drug […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima is back in Camp Crame after visiting her ailing mother in Iriga, Camarines Sur. De Lima is detained in the Philippine National Police Custodial Center over drug-related charges in connection with her alleged role in the illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison as justice secretary. The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branches 205 and 256 had granted De Lima’s urgent motion for a furlough for Aug. 14 and 15 […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima is proposing the creation of a Philippine Road Safety Institute that will improve road safety in the country. In filing Senate Bill No. 85, De Lima noted a report from the World Health Organization that said that pedestrians make up 19 percent of road deaths in the Philippines. She also cited data from the Department of Transportation that said that fatalities due to road crashes increased by almost 14.6 percent […]
