Dispatch from Crame No. 496: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on her brother being her representative at the Geneva Summit
I’m so proud of my brother Vicboy (his friends call him “Macky”) for his gallant performance—via speeches, interviews and other interactions—during the just concluded Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, sponsored by a coalition of at least 25 international non-governmental organizations, including the UN Watch, Liberal International (LI) and Raoul Wallenberg Center for Human […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 495: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s reaction to Duterte’s threat vs Acierto
“I want to ask the military and the police, why is that son of a bitch still alive?,” sabi ni Duterte tungkol kay dating Police Senior Supt. Eduardo Acierto. Ayan na naman siya. Puro pananakot, palusot at paglilihis sa isyu. Ipaliwanang dapat nang maayos ni Duterte at Bong Go yung pagkakasangkot sa iligal na droga […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 494: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s statement on why the withdrawal from the Rome Statute is a huge mistake
The filing with the ICC of a communication against China’s acts of aggression in the West Philippine Sea by former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario and former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales clearly and unmistakably shows that the Philippines’ withdrawal from the Rome Statute is a huge mistake. Until March 17, 2019, the Philippines could raise any […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 493: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s dare to Duterte: Fire Sandra Cam or, at least, order an investigation into her alleged amassing of multi-million-peso properties
I dare you, Mr. President, to fire Sandra Cam or at least order a bona fide investigation into her alleged amassing of properties worth hundreds of millions of pesos, including an island. That’s a whiff or more than “whiff of corruption,” isn’t it? Tingnan natin kung kaya mong gawin yan sa isa sa mga inutusan […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 492: Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima’s statement on the alleged weaponization of Human Rights by the ICC
Our Foreign Affairs Secretary tells us that one reason for the country’s pullout from the Rome Statute is because the International Criminal Court (ICC) has “weaponized human rights to defend the drug trade.” For all his eloquence and notable capacity for cerebral discourse, such a remark is evidently a contorted and ludicrous attempt from yet […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 491: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s statement on the ICC case vs Xi Jinping
To quote Edmund Burke, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” In a remarkable move, just days prior to the effectivity of our withdrawal from the Rome Statute, with the help of former DFA Sec. Albert del Rosario and former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, along with fishermen, […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 490: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s statement on Misuari’s threat to go to war over federalism
The worst thing a free government can do is to give terrorists a platform. This is what Duterte is doing now to Nur Misuari. Misuari is nothing more than a criminal under the protection and patronage of Duterte. Have we forgotten how Misuari ordered the hostile takeover of Zamboanga City which claimed the lives of […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 488: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Statement on the Killing of Lawyers under Duterte
The promise: eradicate drugs and criminality in three to six months. The strategy: slay all suspected drug users and pushers with merciless impunity while freeing drug lords and clearing them of charges. Three years of implementing this flawed and misguided policy has predictably accomplished nothing but spread terror and anarchy all over our blessed land. […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 487: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s statement on Digong’s tirades vs Mar Roxas
Duterte’s rants against Sec. Mar only show that the president is still insecure of his former rival. He already won in the 2016 elections yet still chose to unleash his vicious tongue against the erstwhile presidentiable-turned-senatorial candidate this coming May polls. Why the need to lash out? It’s because the President and his chosen candidates […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 486: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Statement on Bato dela Rosa’s Penchant for ‘Tsismis’ and Flare for Drama
When Bato dela Rosa took over as BuCor Chief in May 2018, he told drug lords operating inside Bilibid that he will make their lives miserable if they do not stop trading in drugs. Now running for senator less than a year after, Bato admits that the Bilibid drug lords still control the drug syndicates […]