De Lima thanks colleagues, supporters for renewing call for her release due to lack of evidence
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has thanked her fellow senators and members of the Committee advocating for her freedom for renewing their calls for her immediate release from unjust detention due to lack of evidence implicating her in illegal drug trade. De Lima, the most prominent political prisoner under the Duterte regime who remains […]
De Lima urges PHISGOC to disclose SEA Games spending
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has backed calls from the members of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) seeking an audited financial statement on the expenses during the 30th Southeast Asian Games last year. De Lima made the statement after learning from reports that the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC), as of this […]
De Lima urges Congress to review Rice Tariffication Law’s impact on farmers
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has introduced a Senate resolution seeking to ensure protection of farmers’ incomes and livelihoods in anticipation of the upcoming harvest season amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. De Lima filed Senate Resolution (SR) No. 547 urging Congress to conduct an inquiry into the plummeting prices of palay and a systematic […]
De Lima conveys appreciation to Tarlac City Council for supporting her Anti-EJK Bill
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has extended her appreciation to the City Government of Tarlac for conveying their support for her anti-extrajudicial killings (EJK) bill through a City Council Resolution. De Lima, the primary author of Senate Bill (SB) No. 1842 or the “Anti- Extrajudicial Killings Act of 2020” and a known human rights […]
De Lima wants systemic graft, corruption in NCMH investigated
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has filed a Senate resolution seeking to look into the systemic graft and corruption that has long besieged the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) to eliminate dishonest and illicit activities from the health facility. In filing Senate Resolution (SR) No. 538, De Lima underscored the need to also […]
De Lima slams BJMP’s mistreatment of political prisoner Nasino
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima bewailed the unjust treatment of political prisoner Reina Mae Nasino by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) during her furlough to visit the wake of her three-month-old daughter, Baby River, last October 14. Nasino was handcuffed and heavily guarded. While media practitioners initially had access to her […]
De Lima seeks probe into record-high hunger incidence rate in PH
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has urged the Congress to look into the reported rise of hunger incidence rate in the country during the height of COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that immediate food relief will be provided to millions of hungry Filipinos nationwide. In filing Senate Resolution (SR) No. 534, De Lima underscored the […]
De Lima urges Duterte to terminate all efforts to sell PH properties in Japan
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima is opposed to Mr. Duterte’s idea of selling the country’s war reparation properties in Japan because of its symbolic and material significance for the country. De Lima, a human rights defender here and abroad, filed Senate Resolution (SR) No. 535 urging Mr. Duterte and the Congress to terminate all […]
De Lima urges colleagues to support bill protecting female detainees from sexual abuse
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has urged her colleagues to help push for the swift passage of her bill which seeks to protect female detainees from sexual harassment and other forms of abuse in the course of their incarceration. De Lima, the first prominent political prisoner under the Duterte regime, urged her fellow Senators […]
De Lima supports abolition of death penalty worldwide
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has reiterated her firm stand against efforts to reimpose death penalty in the country as she vowed to continue advocating for the abolition of capital punishment worldwide. In her message on the World Day Against the Death Penalty today (Oct. 10), De Lima said that restoring the capital punishment […]