De Lima asks gov’t to fast track aid for families severely hit by recent typhoons
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has urged the government to expedite its assistance to areas and families devastated by recent calamities to ensure the quick rehabilitation and rebuilding of lives. De Lima who hails from Iriga, Camarines Sur, Bicol, likewise called for full public disclosure of the remaining balances of the National Disaster Risk […]
De Lima files bill to provide electrical subsidy; promote entrepreneurship, livelihood in 4Ps
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has filed a measure seeking to provide electrical subsidy and harness the entrepreneurial skills of poor Filipino households, particularly the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps. De Lima, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development, filed Senate Bill (SB) No. 1898 […]
De Lima seeks for additional budget for LGUs
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has filed a measure seeking to appropriate additional budgetary support to Local Government Units (LGUs) by realigning the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s (MMDA) share in the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA). De Lima filed Senate Bill (SB) No. 1897 seeking to faithfully comply with the constitutional mandate to ensure the […]
Global group of parliaments reiterates call for De Lima’s immediate release
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the world’s largest and oldest organization of different parliaments across the globe, has added to the growing number of organizations who have reiterated calls for the immediate and unconditional release of opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima and the dropping of all charges against her. During its 206th session last Nov. […]
Convicted drug lord and prosecution witness: I never met De Lima, didn’t give her money
Prosecution witness Vicente Sy, a convicted drug lord, has confirmed under oath that he has never met, much less gave money to opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima who is currently facing trumped-up conspiracy to commit illegal drug trading charges. De Lima’s legal counsel, Atty. Boni Tacardon, said Sy contradicted his previous claims that he […]
De Lima urges Congress to investigate irregularities in P8.51-B sports facilities project for SEA Games
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has urged the Congress to investigate the alleged irregularities in the P8.51-B sports facilities project for the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games which disadvantageously entailed additional government spending. In filing Senate Resolution (SR) No. 555, De Lima seeks to look into the irregularities that marred the Joint Venture Agreement […]
De Lima calls for Senate investigation into NIA’s underperformance and reported violation of procurement laws
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has filed a Senate resolution seeking to determine the root causes of the National Irrigation Administration’s (NIA) seeming chronic underperformance in the implementation of its irrigation programs, and the controversies hounding its procurement processes. De Lima filed Senate Resolution (SR) No. 556 calling for an inquiry on the Commission […]
ASEAN Parliamentarians renew call for De Lima’s freedom, cite her among ‘parliamentarians at risk’
The ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) has named Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima, along with seven other Filipino Members of Parliament (MPs) who have been critical of Mr. Duterte and his crooked policies, as among the parliamentarians who are at risk in Southeast Asia. In a 48-page report entitled “Parliamentarians at Risk: Reprisals […]
De Lima commiserates with victims of Typhoon Rolly
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has extended her sympathies to fellow Bicolanos and countrymen who were severely affected by Super Typhoon Rolly (international name: Goni), which is the world’s strongest tropical cyclone recorded this year. De Lima, who was born and grew up in Iriga, Camarines Sur, Bicol, also urged the government to fast-track […]
Rights groups and press freedom activists to hold webinar on lawfare, media repression, and crimes of impunity against journalists
On the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists on Nov. 2, theCommittee for the Freedom of Leila M. de Lima (or Free Leila Committee), in cooperation with the College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP), Consortium on Democracy and Disinformation, the Asian Center for Journalism, and Cebu for Human […]