De Lima wants to strengthen PNP Human Rights Office
Amid incessant reports of state-led killings in the country, Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has reintroduced a measure strengthening the Philippine National Police’s Human Rights Affairs Office (PNP-HRAO) to ensure that policemen will have highest regard for human rights and the rule of law. In filing Senate Bill (SB) No. 375 for the 18th […]
De Lima enlists support of supermarket chains, convenience stores to ban single-use plastics
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has challenged supermarket chains and convenience stores nationwide to take the lead in the global campaign against single-use plastics by making it a part of their corporate social responsibility program. De Lima also underscored the need for these business establishments to prioritize the selling of healthier food to the […]
De Lima commiserates with mother of EJK victim
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has extended her sympathies to a Filipino mother, Nanette Castillo, who continues to carry the emotional burden of losing her son to extrajudicial killing under the government’s bloody war on drugs roughly two years ago. De Lima, the first prominent political prisoner under the Duterte regime and a mother […]
De Lima thanks spiritual adviser for guidance, wishes him strength to defy injustice and harassments
Senator Leila M. de Lima has thanked Jesuit priest Albert Alejo, one of her spiritual advisors, for his continued guidance and support for her amid her ordeal and wished him renewed strength to carry on his advocacies during his birthday last Aug. 25. De Lima, the first prominent political prisoner under the Duterte regime, said […]
De Lima to PNP: Leave no stone unturned in probing murder of BuCor exec
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has expressed alarm over the recent killing of a Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) official whose death is being linked to the cancelled release of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). De Lima said the death of Ruperto Traya, Jr., BuCor’s chief administrative officer […]
At 60, De Lima vows no letup in fight for human rights
She may have turned a year older last Aug. 27, but Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has maintained that her age only further bolstered her courage and determination to fight the human rights abuses under the Duterte regime. “I am not fighting for myself, I am fighting for my children’s future, and my children’s […]
Don’t blame law on GCTA – De Lima
Insisting that “the law is not the problem,” Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has blamed the government’s misapplication and misinterpretation of good conduct time allowance (GCTA) to pursue its insidious agenda of reviving the death penalty. “Huwag dapat sisihin yung batas. Maayos ang layunin ng R.A. 10592. Pero, dahil sa kapalpakan ng ilang opisyal, […]
De Lima supports House bill barring grafters, plunderers from public service
Senator Leila M. de Lima has expressed support to a House measure disqualifying persons convicted of corruption from holding public office, even while an appeal is pending, to help eradicate corruption and promote transparency in government service. De Lima, a former justice secretary, said the government should close its doors to dishonest and corrupt officials […]
De Lima thanks women leaders for pushing for her immediate release
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has thanked women’s rights group #EveryWoman for pushing for her immediate and unconditional release by gathering people from different walks of life in a recent lecture series, the “Leila de Lima Lecture Series”, that tackled her political persecution under the present regime on her birthday last Aug. 27. De […]
Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Message of Thanks to all the well-wishers on her 60th birthday
Maraming maraming salamat po sa mga bumati sa aking 60th birthday! Thank you so much for all the love, support and solidarity with my plight and my causes. God bless us all!