De Lima renews call for phase-out of plastic sachets in products
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has reiterated her call on supermarket chains and convenience stores nationwide to step up and lead the way in phasing out the use of single-use plastics, especially those hard-to-recycle plastics such as sachets. At the same time, De Lima encouraged manufacturers to find alternative means to lessen the use […]
De Lima’s push for partylist system reforms gets boost from experts
Various experts have endorsed the passage of a Senate proposal authored by Sen. Leila M. de Lima which seeks to introduce reforms to the 24-year-old Partylist System Law to prevent it from being abused by rich political clans and big businesses. In the recent Senate hearing, Ateneo School of Governance Dean Ronald Mendoza, Institute for […]
De Lima refutes Duterte’s claims about her continued influence over Bilibid inmates as ‘insanity in its most diabolical form’
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has belied as “insanity in its most diabolical form” Mr. Duterte’s oft-repeated reason behind his decision to transfer convict-witnesses in the trumped-up drug charges against her to the Marines barracks in Taguig City. De Lima said Duterte’s latest statement was meant to deceive the public into believing that she […]
Resist, not tolerate, culture of impunity – De Lima
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has urged the Filipino people to resist and not tolerate the prevailing culture of impunity under the Duterte administration which has emboldened more killings, corruption and legal and judicial harassments against critics. De Lima, a known human rights and social justice champion here and abroad, warned that the continued […]
De Lima labels drug charges vs her as ‘grandest hoax’ in PH
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has branded as “grandest hoax” the illegal drug trading charges leveled against her by the Duterte administration as she denounced anew the government for all the lies and outright falsehoods it made to silence her. De Lima insisted that Mr. Duterte’s directive to transfer to the Marines headquarters the […]
De Lima believes syndicate behind BuCor official’s assassination
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has expressed belief that a powerful well-entrenched criminal syndicate operating inside the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) could be behind the assassination of BuCor official Ruperto Traya, Jr. De Lima, a former justice secretary, said she has reason to believe that Traya was killed because he knew about the fabrication […]
De Lima laughs off alleged ‘security threat’ vs convict-witnesses
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has laughed off Mr. Duterte’s public admission that it was for security reasons why he ordered the transfer of some convict-witnesses in her trumped-up drug cases to the Philippine Marines’ headquarters. De Lima, a staunchest critic of the Duterte administration, called Mr. Duterte’s decision to transfer some 10 inmates […]
De Lima airs alarm over rising number of foreign sex workers in PH
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has expressed concern over the increasing number of foreign sex workers in the country even as she called on authorities to intensify its crackdown against human trafficking syndicates. De Lima, a former justice secretary, raised the alarm following the recent rescue of several foreign women who were forced to […]
De Lima seeks to prohibit public presentation of crime suspects
Senator Leila M. de Lima has filed a bill which seeks to penalize public presentation of crime suspects and the release of their private information to the media before guilt is proven in court in an effort to protect their constitutional right to presumption of innocence, In filing Senate Bill (SB) No. 929, De Lima, […]
De Lima renews call to fight creeping dictatorship under Duterte regime
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has reiterated her firm resolve to speak out against the continued spate of extrajudicial killings and human rights violations in the country to thwart the creeping dictatorship under the Duterte administration. In her solidarity message during the 4th Congress of Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa (SENTRO) last […]