Dispatch from Crame No 961: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
The election of former Vice President Joseph “Joe” Biden and Senator Kamala Harris as President and Vice President, respectively, to record-level voter turnout in the United States of America is a testament to their country’s resolve in participating in, and protecting, their democracy. Moreover, their victory and Pres. Donald Trump’s defeat signals to the free […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 960 — Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Sunday Reflections: On the successive positive developments in her bail hearings
“Truth suffers, but never dies.” -St. Teresa of Avila The above quote sums up my sentiments amid the successive positive disclosures or developments in the bail hearings of my drug cases. Truth, indeed, while sometimes slow to surface, is a most formidable weapon. You need nothing more to redeem yourself. Have a reflective Sunday!
Dispatch from Crame No. 959: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on Duterte’s failure of leadership on Super Typhoon Rolly
Super Typhoon ‘Rolly’, which hit the Bicol region the hardest on Nov. 1, left the land where I hail from with 24 fatalities and over P11 billion worth of combined damages to infrastructure and agriculture. Prior to the onslaught of the world’s strongest typhoon so far this year, we were supposed to be assured with […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 958: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s statement on red-tagging groups and individuals
I call on the Duterte government to stop this nonsense of red-tagging individuals and groups by mere suspicion and ignorance of their political beliefs. Having political convictions and social insights different from the establishment and administration is not synonymous to communism. Grow up! Activists, socially-conscious artists and cause-oriented groups exist because of the deeply entrenched […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 957: Sen. Leila M. de Lima re: Call for Intensified Assistance to Areas Devastated by Super Typhoon ‘Rolly
I call for the full public disclosure of the remaining balances of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund and the President’s Contingent Fund – not just general statements that merely tell the public that there is no more balance, or there is very little left. Do not use the misery of the public […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 956: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the questionable budgetary priorities of the Duterte regime
Ang Calamity Fund o Disaster Response Fund, for both the national and local governments, and more so, the LGUs, ang dapat tinitiyak na malaki at sapat. Ganun din ang budget para sa DSWD at DOH. Not the President’s intelligence and confidential funds. Not the anti-insurgency fund. Verily, the policy directions and budgetary priorities of the […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 955: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Statement on Cardinal Advincula’s promotion and his championing of human rights
I send my warmest felicitations to His Eminence, Monsignor Advincula of Capiz, on his designation as our country’s new Cardinal. I am joyful and so inspired by his missions in the peripheries that his designation alone is already a cause for celebration. I sincerely thank His Eminence for issuing a clarion call to respect human […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 954: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the lower COVID-19 tests being conducted due to the PhilHealth Mess
The government’s COVID-19 testing program is now in peril due to the ongoing ruckus between PhilHealth and the Philippine Red Cross (PRC). PhilHealth’s failure, so far, to settle its supposed payables to PRC has considerably reduced the latter’s testing capacity, with a threat to altogether stop its testing operations. Ang hindi natin maintindihan ay kung […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 953: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s message of sympathy and hope for communities devastated by the typhoon
Ako ay taimtim na nananalangin para sa kaligtasan ng aking mga kababayan na ngayon ay dumadaan sa pagsubok na dala ng Bagyong Quinta. Mag-ingat po ang lahat at manatiling matatag. Gaya ng mga nagdaang hamon, ang ating pagtutulungan at kahandaan na saklolohan ang isa’t isa ang ating unang sandata. Dalangin ko rin ang katatagan ng […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 952: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the trumped-up drug cases against her
These drug cases against me—as put together or manufactured by the wicked cabal composed of Aguirre, Calida, Acosta and Cam, at the behest of my chief oppressor Mr. Duterte, and with drumbeating from the likes of Go, Alvarez, Panelo, Roque, Topacio and paid media hacks, and other enablers—can never attain any level of integrity, credibility, […]