Dispatch from Crame No. 456: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s statement on Bong Go’s questionable Pre-Election Campaign activities
What is a private citizen running for senator like Bong Go doing launching of government projects like Malasakit Centers in government hospitals (the latest being in Nueva Ecija)? Bong Go is no longer a public official. He no longer works for the President in any official government capacity. By mandate of election laws, all appointive […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 455: A further commentary on the wicked move to lower the MACR
Children, particularly street children, were among those summarily killed in Davao City at the height of the Davao Death Squad (DDS) phenomenon. This much was the finding of both UN Special Rapporteur Philip Alston and the Human Rights Watch, in separate reports released in 2008 and 2009, respectively. Fast forward to present, the erstwhile Mayor’s […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 454: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Statement on Sowing Fear for Politic’s and Ambition’s Sake
Our country’s immunization program is now in a quandary and our children’s health is under threat because of the vaccine scare triggered by the grandstanding of Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) Chief Persida Acosta to be in Duterte’s good graces. She who has nothing to do with the medical profession turned the Dengvaxia case into a […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 453: To lower Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility (MACR) is to debase our humanity
A government that targets the children in a fake drug war, and moves to declare them as criminals is not a government for the people. It is a criminal syndicate – a bunch of goons bent on ruling under a climate of fear, violence and utter inhumanity. Just yesterday, the House Committee on Justice approved […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 452: On the continued smear campaign against Sen. Leila M. de Lima
Another disciple of Hitler propagandist Goebbels who advanced the evil principle that a lie repeatedly uttered becomes the truth, Presidential Spokesperson Panelo chimed in, after Bong Go and Mocha Uson, in their drug narrative about me. Panelo was recently quoted referring to me as “criminal in nature”. He also insists that I remain incarcerated because […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 451: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Statement on Congested Jails and Related Ills
Sa kulungan ng mga babae sa Camp Karingal sa QC ay nagsisiksikang higit pa sa sardinas ang 900 detainees sa isang kwartong dapat ay para lang sa 90. Siyam (9) lamang ang banyo at isa (1) lang ang paliguan para sa lahat. Dahil bukas sa lahat at laging okupado ang mga pasilidad, ang pagtulog, pagdumi […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 450: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s statement on the Presidential Spokesperson’s accusation of the Catholic Church’s interference in State Affairs
Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo’s call to the Catholic clergy to stop interfering in State affairs can only come from a regime that is blind to the reality of what the drug killings are doing to the moral fabric of Philippine society. Extra-judicial killings, human rights violations, misogyny, and other forms of degradation of human dignity […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 448: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on Duterte calling HRDs as “Enemies of the State”
Duterte once again displayed his patent disdain for human rights when he called human rights defenders (HRDs) as “enemies of the State.” Combine this label with his previous threats and this will most likely make human rights advocates targets for harm, harassment or even liquidation. Expectedly the spokesperson clown Panelo would justify Duterte’s statements as […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 447: SEN. LEILA M. DE LIMA ON BONG GO’S SHAMELESS EARLY CAMPAIGNING AND LACK OF DELICADEZA
Bong Go is everywhere, inescapable in all sizes and in all forms. There has been an ongoing invasion of public spaces by his tarpaulins and expensive billboards, and on TV, radio, print and social media, he’s ubiquitous these past months. He obviously has a well-oiled electoral machinery. But where does he get the funds? He […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 446: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s further thoughts on PDI’s Filipinos of the Year 2018, in relation to the latest ruling of Judge Alameda
After issuing Dispatch from Crame No. 445 yesterday, I couldn’t help reflecting further on the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s choice for Filipinos of the Year 2018 – the four (4) “courageous judges” who were honored for “rendering judgments that satisfy the people’s clamor for justice, at a time when key institutions or their stewards seem to […]