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US Senate committee passes resolution backing De Lima, Ressa

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Updated as of Dec 12 10:49 AM

A US Senate committee passed a resolution calling for the release of Sen. Leila de Lima and the dropping of charges against Rappler boss Maria Ressa, its proponents said Tuesday.    Read more »

Babies for sale? De Lima seeks Senate probe

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Updated as of Dec 04 10:19 PM

MANILA - Opposition Sen. Leila de Lima has sought an investigation into the allegedly "rampant buying and selling of newborn babies" in the black market, citing earlier incidents reported in media.    Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 20, 2019

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Posted at Nov 21 01:34 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Duterte blasts De Lima anew as she marks 1,000 days of detention

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 11:14 PM

The President also claimed again that De Lima has an alleged sex video. Read more »

Indignation run

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 01:59 PM

Supporters of Senator Leila De Lima run in indignation of her 1000th day in detainment over illegal drug charges believed to be trumped up and politically motivated in Quezon City on November 20, 2019. Read more »

Free Leila: Robredo, et al seek De Lima's release after 1,000th day in detention

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Updated as of Nov 21 06:48 AM

MANILA—Leaders, activists and organizations from around the world is urging the Philippine government to free Sen. Leila de Lima, who is spending her 1,000th day in jail over what they called trumped-up and politically-motivated illegal drug charges. Read more »

To fight accusations against her, De Lima launches own fact-checking website

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Posted at Nov 16 07:21 PM

The detained senator on Saturday launched a fact-checking website to counter "false content and misleading information against her" online. Read more »

PH envoy meets US senators to discuss De Lima release

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Posted at Nov 13 08:03 AM

MANILA—Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez on Wednesday (Manila time) met with several American senators to discuss the imprisonment of Sen. Leila De Lima and charges filed against news site Rappler. Read more »

De Lima wants 5-day paid calamity leave for disaster victims

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 05 11:27 PM

Workers affected by natural disasters should be entitled to a 5-day calamity leave, according to a bill filed by detained Senator Leila de Lima. Read more »

'Grossest injustice': De Lima thanks Carpio for calling for her release

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Posted at Nov 04 11:58 AM

Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Monday thanked retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio for continuing to ask for her release, after calling her detention "one of the grossest injustices ever perpetrated in recent memory." Read more »

De Lima believes ‘drug czar’ offer to Robredo a ‘trap’ meant to ‘shame’ VP

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Updated as of Nov 02 08:25 PM

Duterte had said he was challenging Robredo to be the administration's so-called drug czar for 6 months after Robredo said Duterte should stop his "failed" drug war. Read more »

Carpio: De Lima should be released

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 04:14 PM

MANILA – Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has added his voice to personalities and organizations calling for the release of detained Sen. Leila de Lima.  Read more »

Palace says De Lima 'must be hallucinating' on Robredo takeover call

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 31 04:35 PM

Senator Leila de Lima "must be hallucinating" when she asked President Rodrigo Duterte to let Vice President Leni Robredo take over the government, Malacañang said Thursday.   Read more »

Duterte spokesman stands by legality of de Lima detainment

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Posted at Oct 07 01:01 PM

Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo insists the US senators are blissfully ignorant on the country's judicial processes. Read more »

Panelo to US Senator Leahy: 'You simply don't get it'

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 03 12:50 PM

And the word war between Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo and US Senator Patrick Leahy continues. Read more »

US ban on PH officials does not interfere with sovereignty: analyst

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Updated as of Oct 03 09:20 AM

The United States' travel ban on Philippine officials linked in Sen. Leila de Lima's detention does not intrude on Manila's sovereignty, a law expert said Thursday. Read more »

US senator fires back at Panelo, cites human rights situation in PH

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Posted at Oct 02 07:31 AM

MANILA—The dispute between US Sen. Patrick Leahy and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman is showing no signs of slowing down.   Read more »

Duterte: US ban sa mga nagpakulong kay De Lima, hilaw pa

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Updated as of Oct 02 12:19 AM

MAYNILA—Ayaw munang patulan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang panukala ng 2 senador ng Estados Unidos ukol sa travel ban ng mga opisyal ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas na sangkot sa pagpapakulong kay Sen. Leila de Lima. Read more »

OPINION: U.S. legislators' visa sanction

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Sep 30 12:58 PM

Visa sanction. That is what the American legislators are exercising in adopting an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2020 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill. Read more »

US Senator who said De Lima was wrongfully imprisoned is 'ignorant': Panelo

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Posted at Sep 29 08:54 PM

Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo on Sunday said a US Senator was "ignorant" for calling the incarceration of Sen. Leila De Lima as "wrongful imprisonment." Read more »