Dispatch from Crame No. 798: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the admission of Presidential Spokesperson Roque on lack of program for mass testing
Matapos ang mahigit dalawang buwang lockdown at sa gitna ng hindi maalis-alis na takot sa virus, pagtitiis sa gutom at pagkawala ng kita ng marami, pagkabigo sa ayuda para sa iba, at pangamba ng lahat sa mga banta ng mismong Pangulo at pag-abuso ng ilang nasa kapulisan at NBI, ito pa ang bubungad na balita […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 797: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the crackdown of online Duterte critics
I find it very disturbing that our law enforcement agencies – PNP, NBI and even PSG – are training their guns on online Duterte critics. Kahit walang warrant, kahit walang asunto, arestado. Hindi ito ang tamang panahon – at walang tamang panahon – na maging ganito kababaw at balat-sibuyas ang mga nanunungkulan sa gobyerno. Imbes […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 796: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on poor families in non-ECQ areas excluded from 2nd tranche aid
Ang pagkakait ni Duterte ng 2nd tranche subsidy sa milyon-milyong pinakamahihirap na pamilya na nasa mga lugar na mawawala na sa ECQ ay isang walang pusong desisyon at lantarang paglabag sa batas ng mismong namumuno. Sandamukal na nga ang problema sa 1st tranche, ganito pa ang gagawin nyo sa pangalawa. Iligal ito dahil malinaw sa […]
COMMENTS ON THE 7th WEEKLY REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT DATED 11 May 2020
I humbly submit my comments on the President’s 7th Weekly Report dated 11 May 2020, in compliance with Section 5 of Republic Act No. 11469: The deadline for distributing cash aid for the first (1st) tranche has been extended thrice, with the last to end on 13 May 2020. In his press briefing on 12 […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 795: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s comments on alleged misleading reports on COVID-19 positive cases
Paano natin mahihikayat ang kooperasyon ng ating mga kababayan kung mahirap sundan at paniwalaan ang datos na nanggagaling mismo sa ating gobyerno? In the latest COVID-19 situationer released by the Department of Health (DOH) last May 10, they announced 10,610 cases. However, in the same report, it also states that there are 14,504 individuals who […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 794: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Reaction to House Speaker Cayetano’s Statement re: ABS-CBN Franchise Mess
House Speaker Cayetano is not without fault in this franchise fiasco. He set this mess in motion by sitting on ABS-CBN’s renewal application. The House under his leadership is evidently an accomplice to vindictive Duterte’s malevolent designs versus ABS-CBN. Cayetano left a gaping hole open in this franchise issue and, in that hole, public interest […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 793: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on Duterte’s Purported Neutrality on the Issue of ABS-CBN Franchise Renewal
Hands-off daw si Duterte sa usapin ng ABS-CBN franchise renewal? Paulit-ulit nyang binalaan at inalipusta ang ABS-CBN. Inupuan nang inupuan ng kanyang mga alipores sa Kongreso ang panukalang franchise renewal nito. The Senate and House of Representatives expressed the view that a grant of a provisional authority would be in order pending proceedings on the […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 792: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Reaction to PAGCOR’s One-Page Ad, Re: POGOs
Saw the other day in one of the major dailies a one-page ad – “The Truth About POGO: A Primer” – issued by PAGCOR, detailing the virtues of POGOs, even stressing that POGO is “not prostitution” and “not criminality.” What these pro-POGO public functionaries failed to address is this simple, fundamental question – why are […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 791: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s comments on NTC’s cease and desist order vs. ABS-CBN
Ang administrasyong Duterte lamang ang magpapasara ng isang kumpanyang malaking katuwang natin sa gitna ng isang malubhang pandemic at magtatanggal ng libu-libong trabaho. Paulit-ulit din na sinasabi ni Duterte na wala na tayong pera pero pinasara nila ang isa sa pinakamalaking taxpayer sa ating bayan. Samantala, muli nilang binuksan ang mga POGO na hindi nagbibigay […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 790: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Comments on President Duterte’s 4 May 2020 Address; Aggressive Mass Testing is Still the Key
50 araw na ang quarantine natin, wala pa ring ideya ang ating bansa kung paano matatapos ang quarantine. The case of the repatriated OFWs provide us a glimpse of what is happening in our country right now. Some of them have been isolated for more than a month now and, still, their respective hometowns refuse […]