Sen. Leila de Lima

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday (November 6) defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to have as a consultant Chinese businessman Michael Yang.

No thanks to her "selective" criticism, detained Sen. Leila de Lima may have torpedoed her chance to take part in Senate proceedings via teleconferencing.

It was a personal initiative to look into the condition of a detained colleague, Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Thursday said on his visit to Sen. Leila de Lima.

Detained Sen. Leila de Lima is not asking for any special treatment or sought special favors from Senate President Vicente Sotto III,​ except to be treated the same as other present detainees.

Senator Loren Legarda on Sunday practically washed her hands on bills and resolutions concerning the country’s territorial dispute with China and other related matters pending before the Senate.

It was a highly emotional weekend for Sen. Leila de Lima, the saddest in the 465 days in her detention, as she failed to attend Sunday’s graduation from law school of her youngest son, Vincent Joshua.

At least one member of the Senate minority bloc wants to move over to the majority bloc, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Saturday.

If the government will not heed calls for her release, detained Sen. Leila de Lima on Tuesday said the Duterte administration should at least prove to the international community that it is not guilty of crimes against humanity.

Following the recent arrest of a couple behind the alleged bitcoin investment scheme, Sen. Leila de Lima on Sunday called on colleagues in the Senate to take up her bill proposing life imprisonment as penalty to such crime.

Barely a week in his post as chief of the Phil. National Police, Director General Oscar Albayalde on Monday received his “first” criticism from detained Sen. Leila de Lima.

Why don’t you start with President Duterte?

Justice Sec. Vitaliano Aguirre has ordered the revision of a department order that previously mandates the continuous detention of persons implicated in illegal drugs activities while their dismissed cases are under review.

President Rodrigo Duterte’s pronouncement that cocaine now easily enters the country and that there are more drug cartels is again a clear admission that his so-called drug war is "an epic failure."

Instead of feting women on International Women's Day, presidential spokesman Harry Roque Jr continued to insult at least two prominent female personalities who are critical of the administration of President Duterte and his drug war.

Former Navy Flag Officer-in-Command Vice Admiral Ronald Mercado should not despair over the deplorable turn of events in the controversy surrounding the Frigate Acquisition Project.

By acting as Duterte’s "merchant of death" to the world, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano is giving Philippine diplomacy and diplomats a bad name.

Sen. Leila de Lima on Friday feels vindicated alleged rug lord Kerwin Espinosa’s driver and bodyguard confessed that he was coerced to pin her down on drug charges.

Doublespeak will not work before the United Nations (UN) or any other international body investigating the Duterte administration’s war on drugs, Sen. Leila de Lima on Friday said.

Senator Gregorio Honasan on Tuesday said the ethics case against Sen. Leila de Lima should set the tone in the Senate in asserting its independence against any abuse of authority of a co-equal body.

The camp of Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno said lawyer Lorenzo Gadon, who filed the impeachment complaint against her, has committed perjury again.

In order to spare the government additional expenses, Sen. Leila de Lima on Sunday proposed to allow an elected official being petitioned in a recall election to voluntarily resign.

It was the most unforgettable Valentine’s Day and Valentine’s gift, Sen. Leila de Lima on Friday said on the show of solidarity of her supporters who remained steadfast in fighting for justice and her release from detention.

Free Leila!