Dispatch from Crame No. 942: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on SC Guidelines to Allow Community Service for Minor Offenses
There were days when the obligation of the State to guarantee human rights and human dignity has been fettered with, mocked, bent and twisted. But there are also good days – when the arc of the universe bends towards what is right and just. A.M. No. 20-06-14-SC, the newly approved guidelines released by the Supreme […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 941: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the Recent Bilibid Riot
Nine dead in the Bilibid riot. This is the highest number of dead in a single riot inside Bilibid that anyone can remember. Apat na taon sa panunungkulan ni Duterte at kanyang mga tirador na BuCor Director-General, lalo lang sumasama ang kalagayan ng mga PDLs sa Bilibid, pagkatapos nilang ibato sa akin lahat na lang […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 940: Sen. Leila M. de Lima On UNHRC’s recently adopted Resolution re: human rights situation in PH
Nakapanlulumo. That’s how I feel about the resolution recently adopted at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The resolution fell short to take concrete steps to end the summary killings and is tantamount to absolving a murderous regime of its crimes against humanity. Hindi matitigil ng malabnaw at mababaw na mga hakbang ang laganap na […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 939: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Message of Condolences on the Passing of Baby River Nasino
This morning, I was told of the saddening and distressing news that 3-month-old Baby River, daughter of the political prisoner Reina Mae Nasino, passed away last night. I convey my deepest condolences and fervent prayers to the bereaved family. Napakahirap para sa isang ina na mawalay sa kanyang anak, lalo na kung pagkasilang pa lamang […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 938: Sen. Leila M. de Lima On the Possibility of Another Reenacted Budget for 2021
Could we expect anything worse? If the President is not yet a lame duck as early as now, then he should ensure that one of the most important tools of government to help us recover from this pandemic – the 2021 National budget – is not held hostage by his men who are squabbling for […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 937: Sen. Leila M. de Lima On the Reported Sexual Harassment / Assault against former Vice Mayor Nova Parojinog
Kung nagagawa ang ganitong pang-aabuso sa isang high-profile detainee sa loob mismo ng Camp Crame, paano pa kaya sa mga ordinaryong correctional facilities? And as we laud the decisive action taken by the PNP against one of its own for the sexual assault committed against former Ozamis City Vice Mayor Nova Parojinog here at the […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 936: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Statement on the ₱2.2B worth of DOH drugs expired or sitting in storage
It is enraging, as it is a cause for serious concern, to learn of the COA report revealing that the DOH has approximately ₱2.2 billion in expired, nearly expired, or overstocked drugs, medicines, and other supplies in its inventory. This level of mismanagement and inefficiency from the principal agency mandated to safeguard public health is […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 935: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the Human Rights Report of Amnesty International and Duterte’s Orchestration of Extrajudicial Killings
Amnesty International has recently released its amply documented report on the human rights crisis in the Philippines five years into Duterte’s murderous regime. The report shows the continued persecution and killings of perceived enemies by the Duterte administration with unrelenting impunity. The pattern of execution-style killings has not changed, the tanim-ebidensya in extrajudicial killings persists, […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 934: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Reaction to PRRD’s weekly briefing
Results don’t lie. Mr. Duterte, our once-a-week president, talks big for someone who has never taken accountability for anything in his life. He brags about the supposedly corruption-free spending under the Bayanihan Law 1, yet tens of millions of our countrymen are still hungry and/or unemployed. Billions of pesos have been spent from our treasury […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 933: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the Continuing Saga of the VP Election Protest
It should have been over a long time ago. As soon as the results came out on the revision of the pilot precincts in provinces chosen by Marcos himself, the election protest of Bongbong Marcos against VP Leni Robredo should have been automatically dismissed in accordance with the COMELEC and PET Rules on the effect […]