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TAKING ACTION: DURBIN WAS AMONG THE 5 US SENATORS WHO EARLIER URGED THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO DROP CHARGES AGAINST DE LIMA. ALONG WITH US SENATORS EDWARD MARKEY (MASSACHUSETTS), MARCO RUBIO (FLORIDA), MARSHA BLACKBURN (TENNESSEE), AND CHRIS COONS (DELAWARE), DURBIN FILED A BIPARTISAN RESOLUTION IN APRIL 2019 CONDEMNING THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
"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.
SEN. RICHARD GORDON ON SATURDAY DARED THE UNITED STATES TO FREE ITS REMAINING 41 DETAINEES AT ITS GUANTANAMO BAY DETENTION CAMP TO MATCH ITS DEMAND OF FREEING DETAINED SEN. LEILA DE LIMA.
“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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
HIS OTHER REVELATIONS ON POLICE CORRUPTION INCLUDE 『RECYCLING』 CRYSTAL METH SEIZED IN RAIDS AND RANSOMING OFF NEWLY ARRESTED CHINESE DRUG KINGPINS
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.
“THE PALACE CONSIDERS SUCH UNDERTAKING AS A BRAZEN ATTEMPT TO INTRUDE INTO OUR COUNTRY』S DOMESTIC LEGAL PROCESSES GIVEN THAT THE SUBJECT CASES AGAINST THE DETAINED SENATOR ARE PRESENTLY BEING HEARD BY OUR LOCAL COURTS,” PANELO SAID IN A STATEMENT.
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.
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.
POLICE SAY THEY HAVE KILLED MORE THAN 6,700 SUSPECTED DRUG DEALERS WHO RESISTED ARREST, AND DENY INVOLVEMENT IN MURDERS OF THOUSANDS MORE DRUG USERS
MEANWHILE A SENATE HEARING HAS HEARD DETAILS OF MONEYMAKING SCAMS INVOLVING PRISON OFFICIALS, INMATES AND A SENATOR
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).

 

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