Dispatch from Crame No. 792: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Reaction to PAGCOR’s One-Page Ad, Re: POGOs
Saw the other day in one of the major dailies a one-page ad – “The Truth About POGO: A Primer” – issued by PAGCOR, detailing the virtues of POGOs, even stressing that POGO is “not prostitution” and “not criminality.” What these pro-POGO public functionaries failed to address is this simple, fundamental question – why are […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 791: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s comments on NTC’s cease and desist order vs. ABS-CBN
Ang administrasyong Duterte lamang ang magpapasara ng isang kumpanyang malaking katuwang natin sa gitna ng isang malubhang pandemic at magtatanggal ng libu-libong trabaho. Paulit-ulit din na sinasabi ni Duterte na wala na tayong pera pero pinasara nila ang isa sa pinakamalaking taxpayer sa ating bayan. Samantala, muli nilang binuksan ang mga POGO na hindi nagbibigay […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 790: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Comments on President Duterte’s 4 May 2020 Address; Aggressive Mass Testing is Still the Key
50 araw na ang quarantine natin, wala pa ring ideya ang ating bansa kung paano matatapos ang quarantine. The case of the repatriated OFWs provide us a glimpse of what is happening in our country right now. Some of them have been isolated for more than a month now and, still, their respective hometowns refuse […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 789: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Comments on SOLGEN Calida’s Threat against Issuance of Provisional License to ABS-CBN
SOLGEN Calida’s threat to sue the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and its commissioners if they will issue provisional authorities to ABS-CBN and its affiliate, ABS-CBN Convergence, Inc., is an absolute violation of his duty as the statutory lawyer of NTC. This would be the second time in which the Office of the Solicitor General under […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 788: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Reaction on the treatment of the marginalized sectors in the SAP distribution
Ano nga ba talaga ang kahulugan ng SAP? Social Amelioration Program o baka naman Sobra Ang Pagpapahirap? The cases of Mr. Roy Moral, a PWD with walking ailment forced to personally claim his cash assistance, and Lolo Gualberto Hurtado, an 84-year old man who died of stroke while waiting in line for his aid, mirror […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 787: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the commendable initiatives in releasing qualified PDLs
Nearly 10,000 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), pre-conviction or those still awaiting trial or judgment, were ordered released by the Supreme Court within the period of March 17 to April 29, as a measure of decongesting the jails amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Presumably, this is a result of the SC’s earlier order to lower courts […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 786: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the Spate of Human Rights Abuses amid ECQ Enforcement
Kinakapos sa essential supplies at equipment para sugpuin ang pagkalat ng COVID-19, pero sa pag-abuso ng karapatang pantao unli ang gobyerno! Huwag n’yong gawing punching bag ng frustration n’yo ang taumbayan dahil pumapalpak kayo. Baka nakakalimutan ninyong dinadanas natin ang kalbaryong ito dahil mismo sa inyo. Kayo ang nagpapasok ng Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus […]
Dispatch from Crame No.785: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s statement on the Request of DOLE to Deport Taiwan Caregiver Elanel Egot Ordidor
Gaano ba karupok ang pagkapangulo ni G. Duterte na kailangan patahimikin ang mga kritiko? Bakit naging prayoridad ng ating Labor Attache na pigilan ang malayang pagpapahayag ng opinyon ng isang simpleng caregiver? Ito ay ilan lamang sa aking naging katanungan nung mabalitaan ko na pinapa-deport ng ating Labor Attache sa Taiwan na si G. Fidel […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 784: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on her Exclusion from Participating in Senate Sessions via Teleconferencing
The decision of the Senate leadership to exclude me from participating in Senate sessions via teleconferencing, under amended rules to be adopted, is nothing but a continuation of this administration’s efforts to silence me and prevent me from fully performing my duties as a Senator. Foul and unfair! This is petty politics. SP Sotto’s statement […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 783: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the Series of Violent Encounters During the Implementation of ECQ
Hindi na ito tama. Hindi na katanggap-tanggap ang mga napapaulat na paglabag sa mga karapatang pantao sa ngalan ng pagpapatupad ng mga ECQ rules. We need to establish better and clearer rules of engagement for the enforcement of community quarantine rules. Our police officers are expected to make situational decisions that they are not properly […]