Senator Cyntha Villar on Wednesday, June 9, took exception to claims of farmers' groups that she ignored the calls for action on President Duterte's Executive Order (EO) No. 135, which reduced the tariffs on imported rice.
Senator Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate agriculture and food pan
Detained opposition Senator Leila de Lima and her lawyers have filed separate criminal complaints against prosecution witness Joel Capones for trading and selling illegal drugs while serving as an inmate of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa.
Senator Leila de Lima at the Muntinlupa Hall o
Senator Leila de Lima questioned on Saturday, June 5, the move of the House of Representatives to include a P54.6-billion allocation for pension and gratuity fund of uniformed personnel in the proposed Bayanihan 3 law.
Senator Leila de Lima (REUTERS) De Lima, chairperson of the Senate social jus
"This award also comes at a crucial time, against the backdrop of a rapidly deteriorating human rights crisis and alarming democratic backsliding in the Philippines, and this award is a recognition of the tremendous challenges we currently face amid worsening attacks on human rights defenders, police brutality, militarization, and the narrowing of civic and democratic spaces in the country."