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DECISION OF A UNITED STATES SENATE PANEL TO AMEND A BILL THAT WOULD DENY THE ENTRY INTO THE US OF FILIPINO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN THE DETENTION OF DUTERTE CRITIC SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA.
"AS PROPOSED, BY THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2021 WE ARE EXPECTING THAT EXCELERATE』S LNG FACILITY WILL COMMERCIALLY OPERATE," CUSI WAS QUOTED IN A STATEMENT. "WITH OUR CONTINUING EFFORTS TO PROVIDE ENERGY SECURITY, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE ARE ANTICIPATING THE DEPLETION OF MALAMPAYA GAS, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LNG FACILITIES BRING A PROMISING FUTURE FOR THE COUNTRY."
A STAUNCH CRITIC OF PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE"S ANTI-DRUG WAR, DE LIMA HAS BEEN DETAINED SINCE 2017 FOR ALLEGEDLY ABETTING ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE IN THE NATIONAL PENITENTIARY DURING HER TERM AS JUSTICE SECRETARY UNDER THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. SHE HAS MAINTAINED HER INNOCENCE AND ACCUSED THE GOVERNMENT OF FABRICATING THE CASES AGAINST HER.
“EVERY YEAR, THE UNITED STATES PROVIDES LARGE AMOUNTS OF AID TO THE PHILIPPINES, AND I HAVE SUPPORTED THAT AID. I ASSUME PRESIDENT [RODRIGO] DUTERTE’S SPOKESMAN WHO DEFENDED THE WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT OF SENATOR DE LIMA DOES NOT CONSIDER OUR AID TO BE ‘INTERFERING’ IN THEIR SOVEREIGNTY,” LEAHY SAID IN A STATEMENT TO ABS-CBN NEWS.
UNDER A PROVISION TITLED “PROHIBITION ON ENTRY,” THE US SECRETARY OF STATE “SHALL APPLY SUB-SECTION (C) TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ABOUT WHOM THE SECRETARY HAS CREDIBLE INFORMATION HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT OF… SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA WHO WAS ARRESTED IN THE PHILIPPINES IN 2017.”
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — SENATORS YESTERDAY DENIED PICKING ON DETAINED SEN. LEILA DE LIMA WHEN THEY DUG UP HER DRUG CASES IN THE ONGOING SENATE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE INQUIRY LAST WEEK INTO THE “GCTA FOR SALE” AND OTHER ALLEGED MONEYMAKING RACKETS AT THE BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS (BUCOR).
「WE WELCOME THE RULING ON THIS CASE AS IT GIVES JUSTICE TO THE THREE FILIPINO GIRLS WHO, AT THEIR VERY YOUNG AGE, WERE UNDENIABLY EXPLOITED. HE IS NOW MORE LIKELY TO SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN JAIL,」 SAID DE LIMA, WHO CHAIRS THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE, WELFARE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SAID IN A STATEMENT FROM DETENTION.
DE LIMA EARLIER TOLD RAPPLER THAT HEINOUS CRIMES SHOULD NOT BE EXCLUDED AS IT WOULD DEFEAT THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND THE LAW. INSTEAD, DE LIMA SAID THERE SHOULD BE CRIMINAL OFFENSES DISQUALIFIED FROM GCTA.
HIS CONTROVERSIAL PHONE CALL TO THE UKRAINIAN LEADER HAD DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS RUSHING AN IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION AGAINST TRUMP, WITH DEMOCRAT STALWART AND SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI SENDING THREE KEY HOUSE COMMITTEES ON OVERDRIVE OVER THE ISSUE.
MEANWHILE, FORMER NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (NBI) OFFICIAL RAFAEL RAGOS AND JOVENCIO ALBEN JR. DIVULGED DURING THE INQUIRY THAT THERE WERE ACTUALLY SEVEN MONEY-MAKING SCHEMES INSIDE THE BUCOR WHICH INCLUDED THE ALLEGED DRUG MONEY WHICH DETAINED SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA RECEIVED FROM DRUG INMATES.
OMBUDSMAN SAMUEL MARTIRES EARLIER ASKED DE LIMA AND FORMER INTERIOR SECRETARY MAR ROXAS TO EXPLAIN WHY A PROVISION OF THE IRR OF REPUBLIC ACT 10592, WHICH EXPANDED THE GCTA FOR PRISONERS TO INCLUDE DETENTION TIME IN 2013, DID NOT DISQUALIFY RECIDIVISTS, HABITUAL DELINQUENTS, ESCAPEES AND PERSONS CHARGED WITH HEINOUS CRIMES.
HOWEVER, IN FEBRUARY 2017, DE LIMA WAS ARRESTED AND LOCKED UP AFTER BEING ACCUSED BY SEVERAL HIGH-PROFILE PRISONERS OF BEING INVOLVED IN THE DRUG TRADE AT NBP. DE LIMA MAINTAINED HER INNOCENCE.
HIS OTHER REVELATIONS ON POLICE CORRUPTION INCLUDE 『RECYCLING』 CRYSTAL METH SEIZED IN RAIDS AND RANSOMING OFF NEWLY ARRESTED CHINESE DRUG KINGPINS
THE JOINT INQUIRY WOULD BE LED BY SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY—CHAIRED BY SEN. CHRISTOPHER GO—ALONG WITH THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON SOCIAL JUSTICE, WELFARE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ON FINANCE CHAIRED BY SENS. LEILA DE LIMA AND SONNY ANGARA, RESPECTIVELY.
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DE LIMA IS CURRENTLY DETAINED ON CHARGES SHE ALLOWED THE DRUG TRADE INSIDE THE NEW BILIBID PRISON (NBP) WHEN SHE WAS JUSTICE SECRETARY DURING THE AQUINO ADMINISTRATION. THE NBP IS UNDER THE CARE OF BUCOR, AN ATTACHED AGENCY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
METRO MANILA (CNN PHILIPPINES, SEPTEMBER 5) — TEN HIGH-PROFILE INMATES, INCLUDING SOME WHO HAVE TESTIFIED AGAINST SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA』S ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN THE ILLEGAL DRUGS TRADE IN THE NEW BILIBID PRISON (NBP), HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE PENAL FACILITY AND ARE NOW IN THE MARINES』 BARRACKS IN TAGUIG, A DOCUMENT OBTAINED BY CNN PHILIPPINES SHOWS.
“SOMEONE ASKED ME THE OTHER DAY, ‘DOESN’T ALL OF THIS MAKE YOU DESPAIR?’ MY ANSWER WAS A CLEAR AND RESOUNDING, ‘NO.’ I AM HOPEFUL AND I AM HOPEFUL BECAUSE OF YOU. THIS IS NOT A CLIMATE TALK SUMMIT. WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH TALK. YOUNG PEOPLE, ABOVE ALL, ARE HERE PROVIDING SOLUTIONS, INSISTING ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND DEMANDING URGENT ACTION. THEY ARE RIGHT. MY GENERATION HAS FAILED IN ITS RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT OUR PLANET. THAT MUST CHANGE,” GUTERRES SAID AT A CLIMATE ACTION SUMMIT ON MONDAY.
DE LIMA, THUS, DEMANDED THE IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION OF THE INMATES』 DOCUMENTS PROCESSING DIVISION OF THE BUCOR WHILE THE MURDER OF TRAYA AND FAELDON』S ATTEMPT TO RELEASE SANCHEZ ARE STILL FRESH IN THE PUBLIC』S MIND.
SEVERAL SENATORS ALREADY EXPRESSED AGREEMENT IN GIVING CHANCE TO DETAINED SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA TO DEFEND HERSELF AT THE SENATE HEARING AFTER HER NAME WAS AGAIN DRAGGED INTO THE CONTROVERSY FOR ALLEGEDLY RECEIVING MONEY FROM DRUG LORDS INSIDE THE NEW BILIBID PRISON (NBP).
THE RETAILER SAID IT TOOK THE ACTION FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF 22 PEOPLE IN A MASS SHOOTING IN A WALMART STORE IN TEXAS AS WELL AS DEADLY SHOOTINGS IN OHIO AND SATURDAY’S INCIDENT IN MIDLAND AND ODESSA, TEXAS.

 

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