Ang Panggigipit kay Senator Leila
Hindi sapat para sa rehimeng Duterte na ipakulong si Senator Leila. Hindi sapat na inilayo siya sa pamilya, mga kaibigan at tagasuporta. Sa halos apat na taon niyang pagkapiit, pilit pa rin siyang pinatatahimik. Ipinagkait na nga ang kalayaan, pinipigilan pang magampanan ang tungkulin para sa bayan. #PANOORIN: Ang kawalang hustisya at patuloy na panggigipit […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 951: The Paltry and Distressing Budget for Social Housing for 202110/24/20
Ang pondo para sa bagong Housing Department (DHSUD) ay P4 bilyon lang sa 2021, pero ang intel funds ni Duterte P9.6 bilyon at P19.3 bilyon naman sa anti-communist task force, lump sum pa. There is something terribly wrong with this budget allocation and it is screaming at our face. Sa ikalimang budget year, lalo pang […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 950: Sen. Leila de Lima on the release and spending of the Bayanihan Law 2 budget
Pa-patay-patay. No sense of urgency! The Duterte administration’s abysmal streak of failures continue to demonstrate how extremely inept it is to keep up with the needs and demands of the Filipino people, especially from the hardest-hit sectors of this pandemic. Aside from the ₱10B SAP aid from Bayanihan 1 being impounded by the DSWD as […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 949: Sen. Leila M. de Lima Re: USec Antiporda and ASec Pialago and the Normalization of Deviant Behavior
Sa totoo lang medyo nakakasawa na rin talagang batikusin ang mga alagad ng gobyerno na katulad ni DENR USEC Benny Antiporda at MMDA ASEC Celine Pialago. Sa mga taon bago 01 B.D. (Before Duterte), sadyang hindi pinapansin ang mga taong katulad nila at ang kanilang mga opinyon. Ito ay dahil lubos tayong naniniwala noon sa […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 948: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the rehabilitation efforts in Marawi 3 years since its liberation
Three years ago, Marawi City was liberated from terrorists after 5 months of combat operations. Over a thousand people were killed, including civilians and soldiers, while hundreds of thousands more were displaced. Those who survived the harrowing siege continue to suffer needlessly. Sa loob ng tatlong taon, marami pa rin sa ating mga kababayan ang […]
Dispatch from Crame No.947: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on incessant hiring of Chinese workers amid the pandemic
Despite an estimate of over 27 million unemployed Filipinos, plus over two hundred thousand repatriated OFWs, this regime still has the gall to continue prioritizing the employment of Chinese nationals over our kababayans, in a time when millions are experiencing worse hunger, joblessness and other forms of hardship because of the pandemic. During a Senate […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 946: Bukas na Liham ni Sen. Leila M. de Lima Para Kay Reina Nacino
Dear Reina, Ako si Leila de Lima, Senador, ina, anak. Paano nga ba sinisimulan ang isang liham para sa isang 23 anyos na kapwa bilanggong pulitikal na nawalan ng pinakamamahal na supling? Truth is, I don’t know. I am lost for words. Puwede ko sanang sabihin sa iyo na ramdam ko ang hirap na pinagdaraanan […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 945: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on SC passing the plea for release of PDLs to lower courts
Sa gitna ng pandemya, napakatagal at napakasaklap ng apat na buwang paghihintay, lalo na kung umasa lang sa wala. After the SC justices voted unanimously to pass the ball to the lower courts in deciding on the plea for release of several political prisoners amid the pandemic, it should not stop us in pushing for […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 944: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the opposition of Manila City Jail to the Court’s granting of furlough to Reina Nacino
I was happy to receive the news that Reina Nasino was granted a three (3)-day furlough to attend the wake and burial of her three-month-old daughter, Baby River, only to be informed later that it was opposed by the Manila City Jail Female Dormitory due to lack of personnel. Ano ba naman yan! Kailangan ba […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 943: Sen. Leila M. de Lima On Paolo Duterte’s Election as House Chair of Committee on Accounts
The weeks-long tussle for House speakership was only a proxy charade between two Dutertes, father and daughter. And as soon as the dust settled, another Duterte, the son, has ensconced himself in the House as Chair of the Committee on Accounts, in charge of the chamber’s internal budget. The writing on the wall is clear […]