Tag: Richard Durbin

Palace slams US senator reiterating call for De Lima’s release

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, Jan. 10, slammed what it said was the “incorrigible nonsense” of a United States senator who reiterated his call for the release of Senator Leila de Lima. In a press conference, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said US Senator Richard Durbin’s demand for the release of the Filipino senator, who is facing drug-related charges, after all, was “a brazen interference and an assault to our sovereignty as it interferes […]