De Lima hits Malacañang’s, DND’s knee-jerk reaction to US State Dept HR violations report
Re-electionist Senator Leila M. de Lima criticized the knee-jerk reaction of Malacañang and the Department of National Defense (DND) to the 2021 US State Department report on Philippine human rights abuses. De Lima, a social justice and human rights champion, said that their reaction on US report citing “numerous” human rights abuses by Philippine security forces “is a product of their indolent and superficial review of said report.” “In their knee-jerk reaction to the State Department report, Malacañang […]
De Lima to LGUs: Heed WHO’s call to increase vaxx at barangay level
Re-electionist Senator Leila M. de Lima urged Local Chief Executives (LCEs) to heed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) call to focus on increasing the inoculation rates in their barangays by encouraging their constituents to get vaccinated. De Lima cited data from WHO revealing that many barangays have yet to reach 70 percent vaccination coverage. “The easing of COVID-19 restrictions and increase in public mobility should […]
De Lima slams malevolent macho politics against Robredo
Re-electionist Senator Leila M. de Lima slammed the recent move by some presidential candidates to convince the people to vote for them by ganging up on Vice President Leni Robredo. De Lima’s initial reaction, upon hearing of this development was: “This is soooo weird. And malevolent.” She added: “Hindi umubra yung red-tagging kay VP Leni […]
De Lima deplores reported falsified death certificates of drug war victims
Re-electionist Senator Leila M. de Lima deplored the reported falsified death certificates of the people killed under Duterte’s “War on Drugs”, which showed that the anti-narcotics campaign was “an organized malevolent conspiracy that involved even medical professionals.” De Lima, the staunchest critic of the administration’s drug war, underscored the need to identify the medical professionals involved in the said falsification and encourage them to turn state […]
De Lima tagged as the ‘Pinaka’ Senator
Re-electionist Senator Leila M. de Lima’s supporters, representatives, surrogates or proxies tagged her as the “Pinaka” Senator for standing out among other public servants for her courage to fight for her principles and advocacies. In recent campaign rallies in Tanay, Antipolo and Puerto Prinsesa, Palawan, De Lima’s Chief-of-Staff and Deputy Campaign Manager, Atty. Fhillip Sawali, introduced De Lima through a spoken poetry highlighting how she […]
De Lima’s brother, volunteers do house-to-house campaign; enlighten communities about 4Ps Law
Re-electionist Senator Leila M. de Lima shared that her brother, Vicente “Vicboy” M. de Lima II, along with volunteers, recently visited communities in South Caloocan to personally help in the house-to-house campaign for her candidacy. De Lima’s official Facebook and Twitter accounts shared the link of Vicboy’s FB post narrating how the recent experience allowed him to enlighten the people about Republic Act No. 11310 or the […]
Robredo-Pangilinan leadership our best hope for better governance – De Lima
Re-electionist Senator Leila M. de Lima stressed that the tandem of Presidentiable and Vice President Leni Robredo and running mate Sen. Kiko Pangilinan is the best combination for a dynamic, multi-sectoral and grassroots governance for the next six years. De Lima, who is running under the Robredo-Pangilinan ticket, highlighted how the two have combined training […]
De Lima on Easter: Embody Christ’s teachings, stand up for what is right
Re-electionist Senator Leila M. de Lima joined the entire Christendom in celebrating the Resurrection of Christ today (April 17). In her Easter message, De Lima said she hopes that the occasion would remind Filipinos to embody the teachings of Christ to help achieve a just society. “Muling nabuhay si Hesukristo bilang pagpapatotoo sa Kanyang salita […]
On Holy Week, De Lima prays for peace, truth and justice
This Holy Week or Semana Santa, Senator Leila M. de Lima called on the Filipinos to reflect and pray for justice and peace here and abroad. In her Lenten message, De Lima said the solemn occasion allows people to be compassionate and to strengthen their faith in God. “This Holy Week, I pray for redemptive grace for […]
De Lima slams recent attack vs Robredo’s eldest daughter
Re-electionist Senator Leila M. de Lima bewailed the spread of fake news against the daughter of Presidential aspirant and Vice President Leni Robredo peddled by groups obviously aiming to derail the VP’s campaign. De Lima, a social justice and human rights defender, condemned the people behind the reported circulation of fake sex video of Robredo’s eldest daughter, Aika Robredo, as toxic and […]