Dispatch from Crame No. 802: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Reaction to the Retention of Sinas, Roque and Duque
Let me once again emphasize that laws are established to protect people from abuse and greed from those in power. It should never, in any way, be used as a means to evade accountability by those in power. For the past few months, we have been thrust into the middle of a health crisis of […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 801: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Comments on the Failure of the SC to Issue a TRO in the ABS-CBN Case
Thousands of Filipinos and their dependents employed and supported, hundreds of millions of pesos in taxes paid, billions of pesos in trade and commercial activities generated for our economy, thousands of families given aid, and much needed news, information, and entertainment delivered to the far reaches of our archipelago. That is the extent of the […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 800: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the Discovery of Illegal Medical Facilities Catering only for Chinese Nationals amid COVID-19 Pandemic
First in Parañaque; now inside Fontana Leisure Park in Pampanga. How many of these underground hospitals and pharmacies catering only to Chinese nationals — possibly for COVID-infected POGO workers as was the case in Parañaque — are operating right under government’s very nose? Kataka-taka namang magsulputang animo’y kabute ang mga ito sa mismong bakuran natin […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 799: Sen. Leila M. De Lima on DOH corruption issue; overpriced medical supplies and equipment
Amidst a medical crisis of epic proportions, where the survival of the entire nation depends largely on a public health response, it is at the height of shamelessness when the very government agency tasked to steer the health sector is the very entity that has allowed possible corruption to creep through the system. Procuring overpriced […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 798: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the admission of Presidential Spokesperson Roque on lack of program for mass testing
Matapos ang mahigit dalawang buwang lockdown at sa gitna ng hindi maalis-alis na takot sa virus, pagtitiis sa gutom at pagkawala ng kita ng marami, pagkabigo sa ayuda para sa iba, at pangamba ng lahat sa mga banta ng mismong Pangulo at pag-abuso ng ilang nasa kapulisan at NBI, ito pa ang bubungad na balita […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 797: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the crackdown of online Duterte critics
I find it very disturbing that our law enforcement agencies – PNP, NBI and even PSG – are training their guns on online Duterte critics. Kahit walang warrant, kahit walang asunto, arestado. Hindi ito ang tamang panahon – at walang tamang panahon – na maging ganito kababaw at balat-sibuyas ang mga nanunungkulan sa gobyerno. Imbes […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 796: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on poor families in non-ECQ areas excluded from 2nd tranche aid
Ang pagkakait ni Duterte ng 2nd tranche subsidy sa milyon-milyong pinakamahihirap na pamilya na nasa mga lugar na mawawala na sa ECQ ay isang walang pusong desisyon at lantarang paglabag sa batas ng mismong namumuno. Sandamukal na nga ang problema sa 1st tranche, ganito pa ang gagawin nyo sa pangalawa. Iligal ito dahil malinaw sa […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 795: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s comments on alleged misleading reports on COVID-19 positive cases
Paano natin mahihikayat ang kooperasyon ng ating mga kababayan kung mahirap sundan at paniwalaan ang datos na nanggagaling mismo sa ating gobyerno? In the latest COVID-19 situationer released by the Department of Health (DOH) last May 10, they announced 10,610 cases. However, in the same report, it also states that there are 14,504 individuals who […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 794: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Reaction to House Speaker Cayetano’s Statement re: ABS-CBN Franchise Mess
House Speaker Cayetano is not without fault in this franchise fiasco. He set this mess in motion by sitting on ABS-CBN’s renewal application. The House under his leadership is evidently an accomplice to vindictive Duterte’s malevolent designs versus ABS-CBN. Cayetano left a gaping hole open in this franchise issue and, in that hole, public interest […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 793: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on Duterte’s Purported Neutrality on the Issue of ABS-CBN Franchise Renewal
Hands-off daw si Duterte sa usapin ng ABS-CBN franchise renewal? Paulit-ulit nyang binalaan at inalipusta ang ABS-CBN. Inupuan nang inupuan ng kanyang mga alipores sa Kongreso ang panukalang franchise renewal nito. The Senate and House of Representatives expressed the view that a grant of a provisional authority would be in order pending proceedings on the […]