Dispatch from Crame No. 662: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s statement on the perjury charge against Sr. Elen Belardo, RGS
Sa mata ng batas ni Rodrigo Duterte, isang paglabag ang ipagtanggol ang karapatang pantao kahit ng mga pinakamahihirap nating kabababayan, kung kaya’t kahit ang isang 80 taong gulang na madre ay itinuturing na kriminal ng estado. Sr. Elen Belardo, RGS, has dedicated most of her life serving the rural poor. She is now being charged […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 661: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s statement on the proposed live media coverage of the promulgation in the Ampatuan massacre case
I support the calls of media organizations for the open and live coverage of the scheduled promulgation of the decision in the Ampatuan Massacre case on Dec. 19. This case is the single, most horrific crime – multiple murder – in modern Philippine history, in terms of the number of victims which include media practitioners […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 660: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Statement on the Reported Reinstatement of Rafael Ragos
The best example of how Duterte has used privileges and rewards on perjured witnesses to testify against me is none other than NBI official Rafael Ragos. Despite revelations linking him to corruption while he was BuCor-OIC, Ragos was reportedly ordered reinstated recently by Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra to his old office at the NBI as […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 659: Mensahe ni Sen. Leila M. de Lima para sa mga kapwa Bicolano matapos ang pagsalanta ng bagyong Tisoy
Sa kada bagyong nag-agi pirming may darang istorya nin pagtindog sa pani-bagong hamon sa mga tugang kong Bicolano, ang kusog ta naka-depende sa satuyang pagkaburunyog asin pagpamibi ta sa Amang Diyos. Padagos kitang magpangadyi kay Inang Virhen de Peñafrancia na padagos kitang gabayan sa panahong kita nagsasakit. Dawa pirang makukusog na bagyo ang mag-agi, matindog […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 658: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Sunday Reflections
Stay awake. Be on high alert. This is the core message of today’s Gospel. Quite apt for our current political environment. Stay awake to resist evil, and defy rotten and wicked leaders. Let’s push back and push back harder to fight deceptions, repression and abuse of power. ###
Dispatch from Crame No. 657: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Statement on Duterte’s Relentless Insults vs VP Leni Robredo
The more Duterte insults VP Leni, the more it shows how threatened or insecure he is. Duterte knows that VP Leni’s dignified courage and genuine big heart for the masses make her a formidable and appealing leader. At ayaw lang kasi nyang nasasapawan ng isang babae. He’s so unhinged! ###
Dispatch from Crame No. 656: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s statement on Duterte’s latest rhetoric about violence and killing people
Duterte boasts that his drug war is eliminating drug lords. He says he has killed a number of them and that in fact, he threw their bodies in Manila Bay or into the ravines of the Cordilleras. He wants to give the impression that the drug war is being silently won because these summary executions […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 655: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s statement on the controversies surrounding the Hosting of the 2019 SEA Games
The 2019 Southeast Asian Games is off to a bad start. There is no question about that. From the corruption that attended the construction of the now infamous Golden Kaldero – undoubtedly the new symbol of corruption in the Duterte government – to the incompetent management of an inexperienced, disorganized team under Alan Peter Cayetano, […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 654: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on Malacañang’s response to US Actress Bette Midler’s tweet
Ms. Midler is right. Rodrigo Duterte is one of the world’s most detestable leaders. Everybody knows this. If killing 27,000 people, including children and minors, while letting big time drug lords go free does not make him one, then we might as well hail Satan as the epitome of everything good and pure in this […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 653: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s statement on Duterte firing VP Leni as ICAD co-chair
Mga kababayan, may kumurap na po. Sa hindi naman katagalan na titigan ng ating dalawang pinakamataas na opisyales, merong isa na hindi na nakatiis at kusang bumigay sa hamunan na kung sino ang mas may tapang at may tatag. Ang nagpatibong ang siyang nahuli sa sarili niyang lubid, at pagkatapos ng panandaliang pagpiglas, ay kusang […]