De Lima urges public: Don’t let intimidation by gov’t prevent you from speaking up for truth
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has urged the Filipino people to speak up for truth and stand up for human rights amid incessant threats and intimidation by the Duterte regime against those who call out the excesses of the government. De Lima, a staunch social justice and human rights champion, made the statement following […]
De Lima files bill to provide cash grant to farmers, fishermen
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has filed a measure seeking to provide direct cash assistance to small-scale farmers and municipal fisherfolk whose livelihoods have been most severely impacted by the prolonged lockdowns and economic recession brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. De Lima, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development, […]
De Lima commends Palaweños for exercising their rights and for their extraordinary manifestation of democracy
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima lauded the residents of Palawan for the result of the recently concluded plebiscite on the ratification of Republic Act (RA) No. 11259, intending to divide the province of Palawan into three separate provinces. De Lima, a staunch social justice and human rights champion, said the praiseworthy move of Palaweños […]
De Lima seeks Senate probe into killings of activists in CALABARZON
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has urged Congress to thoroughly investigate the legitimacy of the recent joint and simultaneous operations by the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that led to the killings of activists in the CALABARZON region. De Lima, a staunch social justice and human rights champion, […]
De Lima hits Duterte’s ‘staggering duplicity’ in human rights policy
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has slammed President Duterte’s duplicity in his government’s human rights policy following his order for troops to kill all communist rebels in the country. De Lima, a known human rights defender here and abroad, said Duterte’s order only proves that his previous declaration that he will protect human rights […]
De Lima denounces spate of arrests, killing of activists in Southern Tagalog
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has bewailed the rash of arrests and killing of activists in Southern Tagalog which happened two days after President Duterte ordered government forces to “kill” and “finish off” all communist rebels in the country. De Lima, a known human rights defender here and abroad, said that these intensifying attacks […]
Unfazed by court’s denial of demurrer and bail bids, De Lima more determined to prove her innocence
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has shared that she has grown more determined to prove her innocence from all the trumped-up drug charges filed against her, following the court’s denial of her motion to post bail and junk one of her two remaining bogus drug cases. In a two-page order last March 5, Judge […]
De Lima receives outpouring of support from international community calling for her immediate release
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima continues to receive growing support from global parliamentarians and leaders who express concern over her plight under the Duterte regime by calling for her release and dropping of all trumped-up drug charges against her. Among those who recently expressed their solidarity with De Lima, who marked her fourth year […]
De Lima asks court to dismiss contempt case vs her, lawyer
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima and her legal counsel Atty. Boni Tacardon have asked the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court, Branch 205 to dismiss the contempt case filed against them by the Prosecution over their statements about testimonies of witnesses in one of her trumped-up drug cases. In their Comments filed separately last March […]
De Lima on Prosecution’s presentation of self-confessed drug lord witness vs her: Dereliction of duty or subornation of perjury?
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has questioned whether the Prosecution team committed subornation of perjury or dereliction of duty when they allowed convicted murderer Joel Capones to be presented in court as their witness against her. In a Manifestation before the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 256 dated Feb. 24, De Lima, through her […]