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PRODUCTIVE DESPITE JAIL

July 25, 2017

Sen. Leila authored 36 bills, 41 resolutions Despite spending only 8 months at the Senate before her arrest and detention on false drug charges, Sen. Leila de Lima has authored 36 bills and 41 resolutions, and delivered 3 privilege speeches on the country’s controversial issues including extrajudicial killings and proliferation

Police stops Liberal International president from seeing detained Sen. De Lima

July 25, 2017

Liberal Party statement on the incident is as follows: The formal letter of Liberal International president Juli Minoves to visit Sen. Leila De Lima was submitted to the government 17 July 2017, or five days before the scheduled visits on Saturday, 22 July 2017. This follows the protocols set by

INTERPELLATION OF LIBERAL PARTY PRESIDENT SENATOR FRANCIS PANGILINAN AT THE SPECIAL JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS ON THE EXTENSION OF MARTIAL LAW IN MINDANAO

July 22, 2017

SEN PANGILINAN: Kanina po nabanggit ng ating kagalang-galang na kalihim na settled na po ng Supreme Court ang legalidad ng martial law. Totoo po ‘yon. ‘Yung martial law declaration nung March 24. ‘Yung extension, panibagong usapin po itodahil maliwanag, iba na ang sitwasyon ngayon kumpara sa sitwasyon noon kaya po

ML in Luzon, Visayas? ‘Hindi mangyayari yan’, says defense chief

July 22, 2017

Responding to questions of Liberal Party president Sen. Francis Pangilinan, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Saturday gave the assurance that the government has no plans to declare martial law outside of Mindanao in Luzon and Visayas.    Given the Abu Sayyaf attack in Bohol, will martial law be also declared in the

LP LAWMAKERS TURN DOWN 150-DAY ML EXTENSION

July 22, 2017

Liberal Party senators and congressmen rejected President Duterte’s request to extend Martial Law in Mindanao up to 150 days or until December 31, 2017. LP Senators Franklin Drilon, Bam Aquino, and Kiko Pangilinan and LP Representatives Kit Belmonte (Quezon City, 6th District), Edcel Lagman (Albay, 1st District), Teddy Baguilat (Ifugao,

ON PRESIDENT DUTERTE’S PROMISE ON THE COCO LEVY FUND

July 20, 2017

Ngayong nalalapit na ang pagsisimula ng sesyon sa Kongreso, nasasabik tayong magpatuloy ng ating trabaho upang maipasa ang mahahalaga at makabuluhang mga batas para sa ating mga kababayan. Isa sa mga batas na kailangan ng pagtutok ng Kongreso ay ang panukalang gawin ang Coconut Levy Trust Fund. Nitong nakaraang kampanya,

President Benigno S. Aquino III delivers his message during the New Year’s Vin d’ Honneur at the Rizal Hall of the Malacañan Palace on Thursday (January 14, 2016). The annual reception which marks the 29th Vin d’ Honneur since the 1986 EDSA Revolution was attended by government officials, members of the Diplomatic Corps, officials of international organizations and businessmen. (Photo by Joseph Vidal / Malacañang Photo Bureau)

ON INDICTMENT OF PNOY OVER MAMASAPANO

July 14, 2017

ON THE REINSTATEMENT OF SUPT. MARCOS, 18 OTHERS

July 13, 2017

It is quite disturbing considering that the NBI (National Bureau of Investigation) and the Senate findings point to murder. We hope the members of the Senate majority who signed the committee report will close ranks and fulfill its duty to act as a check and balance on the executive branch.