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(Eagle News) — Two Muntinlupa courts have deferred the arraignment of Senator Leila de Lima for drug-related cases. Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 206 Judge Lorna Navarro-Domingo reset the senator’s arraignment to June 22 after her camp filed a motion to quash. The filing came after the court denied her camp’s motion for reconsideration of the court’s decision to allow the prosecution’s amendment of the information filed against De Lima—from illegal drug trading to conspiracy to […]
(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 […]
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)–Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque greeted Senator Leila de Lima a “happy anniversary” as she marks her first year in detention in Camp Crame. In a statement, Roque said the senator’s “incarceration shows that the criminal justice system in the Philippines is alive, effective and working.” “Senator De Lima has been detained because of drug charges. She is the mother of all drug lords by allowing the illegal drug trade to proliferate inside the National Bilibid Prison […]
(Eagle News)– Former President Benigno Aquino III and several others trooped to Camp Crame on Saturday to mark Senator Leila de Lima’s first anniversary in detention. Apart from Aquino, Senator Franklin Drilon and former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas visited De Lima, who is detained on drug-related charges in connection with her alleged role in the drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison when she was justice secretary. On Wednesday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque greeted De Lima […]
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 arraignment of Senator Leila de Lima was deferred on Friday after the prosecution moved for the amendment of the charge filed against her. The DOJ asked that the drug trading charge against the senator and her co-accused—former bodyguard Ronnie Dayan; former Bureau of Corrections director Franklin Bucayu; former aides Joenel Sanchez, Wilfredo Elli and Jose Adrian Dera; and convicted drug lord Jaybee Sebastian–filed before the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 206 be […]
(Eagle News) — Umaabot sa mahigit P300,000 na salapi, mga shabu, cellphone, patalim at iba pang kontrabando ang nakumpiska ng mga otoridad sa pinakahuling Oplan Galugad sa loob ng New Bilibid Prison noong nakaraang Huwebes. Sa tala ng Bureau of Corrections (BoC), umabot sa P313,000 cash ang nakuha sa loob ng Bilibid, kung saan P196,000 dito ang nasabat mula sa Maximum Security Compound at P117,000 naman ang mula sa Medium Security Compound. Nasamsam din mula […]
(Eagle News) — Bureau of Corrections Director Benjamin delos Santos announced his resignation on Thursday, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte admitted there was a resurgence in the drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison. In a statement, Delos Santos said the “issue about the resurgence has made me irrelevant.” As such, he said his “irrevocable resignation effective immediately” was filed through the Secretary of Justice. “I will refrain from further comments and take the […]
(Eagle News)– Two inmates of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) have died from a diarrhea outbreak in the penitentiary, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said in an advisory Thursday (June 1). The victims were identified as Virgilio Sabado, 62, and Sabas Lastimoso, 67. “There are now 1,212 diarrhea cases in Bilibid. Two deaths as of today,” the advisory said. According to a report from the Department of Health (DOH), Sabado and Lastimoso died due to dehydration and […]
(Eagle News) — Dumadaan umano ngayon sa matinding problema ang nakabilanggong si Senadora Leila De Lima. Sa isang sulat kamay na pahayag na ipinamahagi sa media, sinabi ni De Lima na hindi alam ng kanyang 84 taong gulang na ina na nakakulong siya sa Philippine National Police-custodial center sa kasong may kaugnayan sa iligal na droga. Ang pagkaka-alam umano ng kanyang ina, nasa abroad lamang sya para sa isang official business trip. Wala na raw […]
(Eagle News) — Nagbigay ng executive clemency sa 127 na matatanda at sakiting preso si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Ito’y batay na rin sa rekomendasyon ng Department of Justice (DOJ). Ang nasabing kautusan ay nilagdaan ng pangulo nito pang Pebrero, kasunod na rin ng nauna niyang pangako na pagpapalaya sa mga matatanda at maysakit na mga inmate. Sakop ng nasabing kautusan ang mga kulungan sa ilalim ng Bureau of Corrections, kabilang na ang New Bilibid Prison […]
