De Lima urges gov’t to extend assistance to 103 stateless Fil-Jap
Senator Leila M. de Lima has urged the Philippine government to step up its efforts to help some 103 second-generation Filipino-Japanese obtain the United Nations (UN)-recognized stateless status that would boost their citizenship claims in a Japanese court. De Lima made the statement after 103 war-displaced Japanese orphans born to Filipino women and Japanese men […]
De Lima welcomes US court ruling vs. man guilty to making child porn in PH
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has welcomed the United States (US) court’s ruling sentencing to over 84 years in prison an American who has pleaded guilty to three counts of producing child pornography involving Filipino minors in July 2018. De Lima said the Philippine government should take cue from the US in seriously addressing […]
De Lima renews call for Senate probe attacks vs lawyers
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has denounced the latest ambush on a Cebu-based lawyer even as she renewed her call for a Senate investigation into the rising unsolved cases of killings and attempted killings against members of the Philippine Bar. De Lima, a human rights and social justice champion, issued the statement after lawyer […]
De Lima denounces rape-slay of 4-year-old girl in Davao
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has condemned in the strongest sense the brutal rape-slay of a four-year-old daycare pupil whose frail body was left in a fishpond in Davao City last Aug. 31. De Lima, a known human rights defender here and abroad, said the inhumane incident calls for a thorough probe by police […]
De Lima lambasts Panelo for finger-pointing to cover role in Sanchez’s aborted release
Senator Leila M. de Lima has chided Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo for pointing an accusing finger to the Aquino administration for the mess in the now-aborted release of heinous crime convicts under the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) Law. De Lima said she was not surprised at Panelo’s tactic of blaming the previous administration, which […]
De Lima urges Senate colleagues to improve, not repeal, GCTA law
Senator Leila M. de Lima has urged her colleagues in the Senate and the House of Representatives to improve the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law instead of repealing it due to misapplication and misinterpretation to benefit favored convicts. In her Dispatch from Crame No. 586, De Lima said she hopes that her colleagues would […]
De Lima bewails Google PH’s inaction vs fake news on YouTube
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has deplored the continued proliferation of fake videos and misleading content on video-sharing website YouTube amid calls for its owner, Google Philippines, to address the issue and clean the website of fake clips. De Lima, the first prominent political prisoner under the Duterte regime, shared that more than 100 […]
De Lima seeks holistic program for children, adults with dev’t disabilities
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has filed a measure seeking to institutionalize a holistic program for persons with developmental disabilities and their families, including the creation of capacity-based training, employment and livelihood programs for them. De Lima, who chairs the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development, filed Senate Bill (SB) No. […]
De Lima alarmed over growing violence in Hong Kong
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has expressed serious concern over the growing violence in pro-democracy street protests in Hong Kong which shows no signs of dying down anytime soon as state police force continue to use excessive force. De Lima, a known human rights defender here and abroad, said the indiscriminate brutal ways of […]
De Lima defends GCTA law vs misapplication to favor certain convicts
Senator Leila M. de Lima has defended the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law against alleged misapplication and misinterpretation to favor certain convicts following the botched release of 11,000 inmates supposedly eligible for release. De Lima, a former justice secretary, said her colleagues in Congress should not blame the enactment of Republic Act (R.A.) No. […]