Dispatch from Crame No. 743: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the laudable efforts of local leaders, health force, and community workers
Ang mga LGUs ngayon ang tunay na maaasahan. Because of the efforts of LGUs from the city, municipal and barangay levels, the community quarantine in several areas, especially within the NCR, has been relatively successful, no thanks to the national government. Not everything is going well, but step by step and day by day, the […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 742: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the announcement, re: Senators to undergo COVID-19 testing
Just to be clear. I will not join my colleagues to be tested for COVID-19. I have been relatively in involuntary quarantine for the past 3 years. With God’s grace, I remain healthy. The testing kit to be used on me is better given to a symptomatic PUI. The ideal scenario is mass testing. That […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 741: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Message of Acknowledgement of Good Examples of LGU’s Response to the Community Quarantine
To City Mayors, Who respond with focused dispatch to the threat of COVID-19: By laying out proper medical plan and strengthened medical response to prevent virus transmission and fatalities, one such example is Marikina Mayor Marcy Teodoro; By boosting the morale of your health frontliners in the form of PPEs, nutritious food, and installing a […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 740: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on DSWD’s Suspension of Social Protection Programs
DSWD’s role in the ongoing Enhanced Community Quarantine is underwhelming, if not downright disappointing. As soon as we learned that community quarantine is the only way to arrest the spread of COVID-19, we already know that the poor, who depend on their daily toil for their sustenance, will be most affected. DSWD should have made […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 739: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on Panelo’s “walang namamatay sa gutom” remark
This is the height of arrogance and insensitivity! Napakawalang-hiya! But this is expected, coming from Salvador Panelo, the spokesperson of a murderous, anti-poor regime. This is how you reassure your fellow Filipinos in a life and death emergency, “walang namamatay sa gutom.” As you are the presidential mouthpiece, should we assume that the government is […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 738: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the Imperatives under our Current COVID-19 Crisis Situation
As they say, we have no choice but to bite the bullet. Although the blame for this public health disaster falls squarely on Duterte for being more concerned about China’s feelings than the clamor of his own countrymen to shut the country’s ports of entry to China as early as the middle of January, what […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 737: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the imposition of “community quarantine” in NCR
Nagsimula na po ang pagpapatupad ng “community quarantine” sa buong Kamaynilaan, kung saan lilimitahan ang pagbiyahe papunta at palabas ng National Capital Region (NCR). Bagamat hindi ako ganap na kumbinsido na ito ang nararapat na lunas, wala naman siguro tayong magawa ngayon kundi sundin ito at umasa na ang hakbang na ito ay maging mabisa […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 736: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Message of Appreciation and Salutation for those in the Frontline Against COVID-19
Sa ating mga manggagawang pangkalusugan, mga siyentista, mga kawani ng pamahalaan, at mga pribadong indibidwal na nasa frontline ngayon ng ating laban sa COVID-19, pagpupugay sa inyong matapang at taos-pusong paglilingkod sa bayan. Despite the risks, you remain steadfast in our fight against this dreadful virus. Sa kabila ng mga kakulangan sa ating sistemang pangkalusugan, […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 735: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s statement on COVID management in Prisons
In times of a global pandemic, who will care for the least of us? While our country braces for the worst effects of COVID-19, we should also spare a thought for those languishing in our jails and prisons. Many are still undergoing trial and most belong to the poorest sectors of our society. The Senate […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 734: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on Duterte’s “fucking country” comment
This fucking country, Mr. Duterte? Such bitterness coming from someone desperately clinging to whatever is left of the power that this “fucking” country has entrusted you three years ago. You killed your own people, sold our sovereignty, and led us to a debt trap from which we might never recover. This is how much you […]