De Lima condemns killing of peasant activist Rommy Loyola Torres

Feb 11, 2021 | Nation

Senator Leila De Lima expressed her outrage over the killing of peasant activist Rommy Loyola Torres.“I join the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas in condemning the brutal killing of peasant activist Rommy Loyola Torres. When a culture of impunity can arbitrarily...

De Lima files bill to “protect” UP’s academic freedom

Feb 4, 2021 | Nation

Senator Leila De Lima today filed a bill aimed at protecting the academic freedom of the University of the Philippines (UP).Senate Bill (SB) No. 2035 aims to amend Republic Act (RA) No. 9500, otherwise known as “The University of the Philippines Charter of...

De Lima hits Duterte’s ‘shoot them dead’ order: ‘It is obvious who is intimidated’

Apr 2, 2020 | Nation

“It is obvious who is intimidated.” Sen. Leila de Lima on Thursday urged the public to reject President Rodrigo Duterte’s threats to troublemakers that followed a protest in Quezon City over lack of food distribution. “Sa loob ng tatlong taon,...

This is hardball

Jan 26, 2020 | First things first, Opinion

It took the assassination of Maj. Gen. Qassim Solaimani of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps by a US drone strike in Baghdad for the Iraqi Parliament to pass a non-binding resolution demanding the expulsion of  US forces in Iraq. The US threatened Iraq with...