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(Eagle News) — A Muntinlupa court has postponed the arraignment of Senator Leila de Lima slated on Friday. Judge Amelia Fabros-Corpuz of Branch 205 moved the date of her arraignment in the conspiracy to commit illegal drug trading case to Sept. 15 instead. The arraignment is in connection with the proliferation of illegal drugs in the New Bilibid Prison when she was justice secretary. De Lima faces two other drug cases before Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court […]
(Eagle News) — Pinuntahan umano ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center sa Camp Crame, kung saan nakakulong si Senator Leila De Lima. Ikinuwento ito ng Pangulo sa kanyang pagdalo sa 116th Police Service Anniversary at Command Conference noong Miyerkules, Agosto 9. Ayon sa Pangulo, ninais niyang bisitahin si De Lima, pero malayo ang selda nito sa pnp sports center kung saan isinagawa ang kanyang dinaluhang selebrasyon. “Nagpunta ako doon sa […]
(Eagle News) — Bandang alas singko ng madaling araw kahapon, Hulyo 27, nang sabay-sabay na palabasin sa selda ang mga preso sa minumum at maximum compound sa New Bilibid Prison. Bahagi ito ng sorpresang Operation Galugad na pinangunahan ng bagong contingent ng Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP-SAF). Isa-isa ring kinapkapan ang mga bilanggo na tinipon sa open grounds. Personal itong sinaksihan nina Philippine National Police Chief Ronald Bato Dela Rosa, Philippine Drug Enforcement […]
(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 […]
Hints at increasing salaries of BJMP personnel in his third year in office (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday he would institute reforms in the country’s penal system as soon as the situation in Marawi was over, and even hinted at increasing the salaries of Bureau of Jail Management and Penology personnel on the third year of his administration. Duterte was particularly irked at the situation in the New Bilibid Prison in […]
(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) — Senator Leila de Lima refused to enter a plea when arraigned at the Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court on Monday. As a result, Branch 34 entered a not guilty plea over the disobedience to summons case filed against her by the Department of Justice last year, on December 21. The case stems from a complaint filed by Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and Rep. Rey Umali, who discovered that De Lima had told her former bodyguard-driver […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima will have to stay detained for the time being. This was after the Supreme Court set oral arguments on her petition to March 14, without issuing an order that would stop the warrant of arrest from being implemented against her. SC spokesperson Theodore Te said that the arguments on the senator’s petition and application for a temporary restraining order and/or status quo ante order were scheduled in the en banc session hall of the High […]
(Eagle News) — The former Bureau of Corrections official who said he delivered millions in drug money to Senator Leila de Lima when she was justice secretary surrendered to authorities on Sunday. The National Bureau of Investigation said Rafael Ragos, who is the subject of a warrant of arrest issued by Branch 204 of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court, arrived at their headquarters in Manila before noon. Ragos is a co-accused of De Lima and […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Binatikos naman ng ilang mambabatas ang Department of Justice dahil sa anila’y pagpapa-aresto kay Senadora Leila De Lima sa isyu ng illegal drug trade sa New Bilibid Prison. Anila wala sa DOJ ang hurisdiksyon ni De Lima kundi sa Office of the Ombudsman. https://youtu.be/9H2RwtwaA2M
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nagpasaklolo na sa Court of Appeals (CA) si Senadora Leila De Lima para mahinto ang pagdinig ng Department of Justice (DOJ) sa mga reklamong kriminal laban sa kanya kaugnay sa illegal drug trade sa New Bilibid Prison (NBP). Sa mahigit apatnapu’t-anim (46) pahinang petition for prohibition and certiorari na inihain ng Senadora noong Lunes (Enero 23), sinabi ni De Lima na walang hurisdiksyon ang DOJ sa mga kaso laban sa […]
MANILA, Philippine (Eagle News) — Dedesisyunan na ng Department of Justice (DOJ) ang apat na reklamong isinampa laban kay Senadora Leila De Lima. Ayon kay Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, sakaling lumabas na may probable cause para kasuhan si De Lima ay agad nila itong isasampa sa Office of the Ombudsman para sa kaukulang review. Sinabi ni Aguirre na ang mga kaso ay may kaugnayan sa koneksyon ni De Lima sa illegal drug trade sa New […]
