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(Eagle News) — Detained Senator Leila de Lima has asked the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court to allow her to vote in the May 13 elections. De Lima, who is detained on drug charges, filed the motion following a recommendation from the Commission on Elections for her to “still exercise her right to suffrage through the escorted voting system..” The Comelec made the suggestion after it denied De Lima’s request for “a special polling place at […]
(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 […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Supreme Court has denied with finality former Senator Leila de Lima’s bid for the arrest warrant issued against her in connection with the drug cases she faces to be nullified. In denying De Lima’s motion for reconsideration of the High Court’s October 10, 2017 decision, the SC also effectively ruled that the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court, and not the Sandiganbayan, has jurisdiction over the cases against her. According […]
(Eagle News) — A Muntinlupa court has rejected Senator Leila de Lima’s request for her to be allowed to attend her son’s graduation on June 3. In rejecting her urgent motion to attend the rites of Vincent Joshua De Lima Bohol, Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 205 Judge Amelia Fabros-Corpuz said the senator, who is facing drug-related charges, could not be treated differently from “other prisoners whose liberty is curtailed, pending the final resolution of their […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court has yet again reset Senator Leila de Lima’s arraignment for drug-related cases. Branch 205 Judge Amelia Fabros-Corpuz moved De Lima’s arraignment to May 18 instead, pending resolution of an omnibus motion the senator’s camp filed. The motion–filed on March 12–seeks a reversal of the court’s order allowing the prosecution to change the criminal information filed against De Lima from illegal drug trading to conspiracy to […]
(Eagle News)– The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court has granted Senator Leila de Lima’s motion for a one-day medical furlough. In a motion dated March 6, Muntinlupa RTC Branch 205 Judge Amelia Fabros-Corpuz granted De Lima’s request that she be allowed to undergo a checkup following a Philippine National Police General Hospital CT-scan result that found a lump in her liver. The checkup will reportedly take place at the Philippine Heart Center on Monday, with all expenses […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Another Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court judge has inhibited from one of the drug cases filed against Senator Leila de Lima. Branch 203 Judge Myra Quiambao cited her close relationship with a prosecutor, Leila Llanes, in making the move. She said Llanes–who is “like family” to her–was her classmate in law school. The judge was also the godparent for baptism and confirmation of the prosecutor’s two children. “In fact, when (my) […]
(Eagle News) — The prosecution has dropped former Bureau of Corrections officer in charge Rafael Ragos as a respondent in the drug trafficking complaint filed against him, Senator Leila de Lima and Ronnie Dayan. According to the prosecution, Ragos, who already testified against De Lima in a House inquiry in 2016, is, after all, set to turn state witness. In his testimony, Ragos said he went to the senator’s house in Paranaque in two separate […]
(Eagle News) — The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 205 on Friday rescheduled the arraignment of Senator Leila de Lima and a co-accused in connection with a drug-related case. Judge Amelia Fabros-Cruz reset the arraignment of the senator and Jad Dera to Nov. 24, essentially to give way to new motions filed by De Lima’s camp. Filibon Tacardon, counsel of De Lima, said they filed two–one for the court to reconsider its decision on a […]
(Eagle News) — A Muntinlupa court on Friday denied the prosecution’s request to consolidate the three drug cases Senator Leila de Lima is charged with. In a resolution, Regional Trial Court Juanita Guerrero said she found no merit in consolidating the cases lodged in her sala, Branch 204, and in Branches 205 and 206. She said the cases involve different incidents. She added that consolidating the cases would only prolong the trial. In filing the motion to consolidate […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Solicitor General on Tuesday reiterated that Senator Leila de Lima’s petition for her arrest to be nullified should be junked as the pleading’s notarization had been falsified. According to the OSG, the name “Atty. Maria Cecille T. Tresvelles Cabalo” who supposedly administered the oath on De Lima on February 24 for the pleading filed before the Supreme Court, did not appear in the logbook of the Philippine National Police Custodial Center from February […]
(Eagle News) — She can always pray. This was the message of President Rodrigo Duterte to Senator Leila de Lima, who is facing a string of drug cases and has been arrested and detained in connection with one filed against her in a Muntinlupa court. “She can always pray that the truth will come out eventually, if there is another truth. Di naman mahilig mag-ano ng kapwa tao,” Duterte told reporters. He added that he stood […]
