De Lima seeks basic hazard pay for all essential workers; and additional hazard allowances for medical frontliners during disasters or calamities
To ease their burden during times of disasters or calamities, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima urges the government to grant basic hazard allowances for essential workers for both public and private sectors; as well as an additional hazard pay for all public health workers. Last April 27, De Lima […]
De Lima wants ‘better and clearer’ rules of engagement for law enforcers during quarantine
To minimize violent altercations between the police and alleged violators of quarantine protocols in areas under lockdown, opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima urged the government to consider adjusting the rules of engagement of law enforcers. De Lima made the statement after reports that members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) have aggressively responded to […]
De Lima applauds inclusion of Barangay frontliners to gov’t COVID-19 aid
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima commends the administration’s move to include barangay health workers, child day care workers and barangay tanods in the government’s cash aid program, as reflected in Malacañang’s fourth report last April 20. De Lima’s statement came after the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of […]
De Lima calls for the inclusion of all senior citizens in the government social welfare aid amidst COVID-19 pandemic
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima throws her support behind a campaign of a coalition of advocates for the welfare of senior citizens which calls on the government to include everyone in the sector as beneficiaries of the social amelioration program (SAP). De Lima made the statement after the Coalition of Services of the Elderly […]
De Lima urges Congress to review disparities in salaries and benefits of public health workers
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima called upon Congress to activate its special oversight commission to amend the 28-year-old Republic Act 7305, as some benefits specified therein are not all given to public health workers (PHW). Last April 16, De Lima filed Senate Resolution (SR) No. 358, urging Congress to immediately convene the Congressional Commission […]
De Lima to Duterte: Stop being a tool for Beijing’s COVID-19 propaganda
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima blasts the President’s use of televised late-night meetings with his COVID-19 team in order to further Beijing’s propaganda to downplay its mishandling of the ongoing global pandemic. De Lima’s statement came after Mr. Duterte repeatedly praised Beijing’s management of the crisis despite accusations of other governments and international experts […]
De Lima to IATF: Heed growing clamor to release qualified PDLs
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima welcomes the mounting calls from several government agencies and international organizations to systematically release Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) to decongest detention facilities amid the continuing threat brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. De Lima’s statement came after the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the House Committee […]
Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Comments on the Briefing of President Duterte with the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) dated 8 April 2020
On Pres. Duterte’s statement that he might sell PH assets for COVID-19 relief… Why is Duterte hinting already of disposing our assets? Exhausted na ba talaga ang available funds, and those that can be reprogrammed within government? Wala pa tayo sa puntong ‘yon. Dapat makumbinse tayo na wala na talagang pera ang gobyerno (in the […]
De Lima pushes anew for systematic release of qualified PDLs
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima reiterates her recommendation to decisively release qualified PDLs (Persons Deprived of Liberty), after reports that a detainee in the overcrowded Quezon City jail, who was suspected of contracting the novel coronavirus, has recently passed away. De Lima again asked the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-IED) to […]
Frontliners must not die because of government incompetence: De Lima
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima calls out the seemingly lack of urgency of the government in arming healthcare workers as they risk their lives daily in taking care of patients infected by the novel coronavirus. Reports as of March 31 have indicated that at least 17 physicians, most of whom are specialists, have succumbed […]