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(Eagle News) — For Senator Leila de Lima, there was no need to oust President Rodrigo Duterte from office. According to her, “God will take care of it.” “Mr. Duterte, it’s your filthy and vicious mouth that destroys you,” she said. De Lima made the statement after Duterte accused Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, Communist rebels and other members of the opposition of planning to oust him by October. Duterte had said he had proof of […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has denied detained Senator Leila de Lima’s appeal she be allowed to personally represent herself in oral arguments on the petition she and several others filed against the Philippines’ planned withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. In denying De Lima’s appeal, the SC en banc, voting 10-2, said her motion for reconsideration presented no new argument that warrants a reversal of the High Court’s earlier decision. In its earlier […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima on Saturday, Aug. 18, rebuked President Rodrigo Duterte for belittling the leadership capabilities of Vice President Leni Robredo, saying his presidency was “not a tough act to follow.” “Duterte has this hallucination that his presidency is a tough act to follow. Well, it is not. It is one of the worst, if not the worst presidency ever. After him, Marcos might even be surpassed as the most murderous […]
(Eagle News)—–Senator Leila De Lima on Saturday, Aug. 18, slammed the arrest of three lawyers who police said intimidated them and obstructed justice during a raid at a Makati bar on Thursday, Aug. 16. In a statement, De Lima, who is detained on drug charges in Camp Crame, said that the arrest of Leni Rocel Rocha, Jan Vincent Sambrano, and Romulo Bernard Alarkon, who she said were only “defending their client from a PNP raiding […]
(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)–Detained Senator Leila de Lima has proposed the creation of a “specialized institute” that would “conduct empirical-based research, planning and development of road safety programs across the country.” In filing Senate Bill (SB) No. 1897 for the establishment of the Philippine Road Safety Institute (PRSI), De Lima noted that road safety was “a problem in the country, especially in highly-urbanized areas.” Under the measure, she said the PRSI would “regularly collect data pertinent to road […]
(Eagle News)—Opposition senators on Thursday, July 26, urged the Supreme Court to allow detained Senator Leila de Lima to represent them in oral arguments on their petition against the Philippines’ withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. In their four-page manifestation with motion, Senators Francis Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Bam Aquino, Risa Hontiveros, Antonio Trillanes IV and De Lima herself noted the detained senator was, they believe, the “best” who could “present and argue” the case, the issues […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima on Saturday, July 6, reiterated her proposal for the deployment of human rights attachés to countries where Overseas Filipino Workers were “most vulnerable in the hands of foreign employers.” In making the suggestion, De Lima, chair of the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development, noted reports on the abuse of OFWs, including a Filipina working in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia who committed suicide after her employer’s son reportedly made sexual […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Tito Sotto has asked Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde to allow Senator Leila de Lima to conduct hearings inside the PNP Custodial Center, where she is detained on drug charges. In seeking for the same, Sotto said it was “vital” for De Lima to hold the hearings as there were “relevant measures” currently pending in the Senate committee on social justice, welfare and rural development which she chairs. If […]
(Eagle News) — Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday, July 3, lashed out at President Rodrigo Duterte anew, saying it was he who “most certainly murdered with words” Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili. “Yesterday, a mayor was shot in broad daylight during a morning flag ceremony. Before the body even turns cold, he proclaims in a speech that the mayor who was shot dead was a suspected drug lord and saw it coming,” De […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima on Friday, June 29, accused the Philippine National Police of manipulating the number of those killed in the drug war. De Lima cited as alleged proof the PNP’s 2017 accomplishment report to President Rodrigo Duterte in which it allegedly pegged the number of dead at 20,322, “combining the number of those killed in police operations and so-called ‘deaths under investigation,’ the PNP’s euphemism for vigilante killings committed by […]
(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 […]
