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‘Enough of Leila; let’s get on with making laws’

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Former President Fidel Ramos hopes to see the end to the controversy surrounding Sen. Leila de Lima, her alleged drug involvement and her past romance.<br /><br />
“I hope we finish that subject,” said Ramos when asked about the matter at the Meet the Inquirer Multimedia on Tuesday.<br /><br />
He expressed the hope that the House of Representatives, which undertook an investigation into De Lima’s alleged role in the drug trade at the national penitentiary, could focus on the task of legislation.<br /><br />

“Let us go on with it, because the task of Congress is in aid of legislation,” Ramos said.<br /><br />

“So what is the legislation that must be enacted? Let us have a more strict prison system,” he said.<br /><br />

Prison reforms<br /><br />
Ramos said the Department of Justice, which oversees the correctional system, and members of Congress must already draft a bill toward prison reforms.<br /><br />
However, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II has not had enough of De Lima. He is backing the move of the House of Representatives to pursue its plan to charge his predecessor with obstruction of justice for stopping her former driver and lover, Ronnie Dayan, from attending the congressional probe on illegal drugs.<br /><br />
Aguirre said House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas and Justice Committee chair Rep. Reynaldo Umali did the right thing in issuing last Tuesday a show cause order against De Lima not as a senator but as a private citizen in order to avoid a confrontation with the Senate.<br /><br />
 
Show cause order<br /><br />
“I think it is proper. That should be done because it was done by De Lima in her private capacity and so the House could cite her in contempt not as a member of the Senate but as a private person interfering with the proceedings of the House,” Aguirre said.<br /><br />
The show cause order was addressed only to De Lima and not the Senate where some of De Lima’s allies have threatened to block any move by the House to censure its members.<br /><br />
In his testimony on Nov. 24, Dayan claimed he wanted to attend the House investigation to deny charges made by high-profile convicts and former prison officials that he received bribe money from them meant for De Lima. But Dayan said De Lima told him, through his daughter, not to attend the hearing because the House members would just make a fool of them both.
De Lima, in her defense, claimed that she only advised and did not order Dayan to snub the House probe. Dayan went into hiding for months to evade the arrest order issued against by the House until he was captured in a remote village in La Union last Nov. 23.

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‘Enough of Leila; let’s get on with making laws’

Former President Fidel Ramos hopes to see the end to the controversy surrounding Sen. Leila de Lima, her alleged drug involvement and...

Lower House eyes approval of death penalty by Christmas

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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — House Speaker Pantaleon "Bebot" Alvarez said he's confident the death penalty will be approved by the Lower House by Christmas.<br /><br />

"Hopefully puwede nang dalhin sa plenary iyon, as soon as i-recommend na ng committee mismo," Alvarez told The Source on Wednesday.<br /><br />

[Translation: Hopefully it can be brought to plenary as soon as the committee recommends it.]<br /><br />

When asked about support for the measure in Congress, Alvarez said, "Wala namang problema [it's no problem], we have the majority."<br /><br />

Alvarez is the co-author of House Bill 01, which seeks to reimpose the death penalty for heinous crimes. His is just one of seven bills on the issue.<br /><br />

The bill defines heinous crimes to include treason, piracy, qualified bribery, murder, robbery with violence, plunder, and drug-related crimes.<br /><br />
However, some members of the House are opting to restrict the crimes that merit death penalty to drug-related ones.<br /><br />

The revival of capital punishment was initiated by President Rodrigo Duterte after he endorsed it as a measure fight the war on drugs.<br /><br />
House Bill 01 endorses any of the following methods of execution: by hanging, through a firing squad or lethal injection.

"I would rather let the executive branch decide kung paano yung [how to go about] execution," said Alvarez. "Sa akin, parehong patay yan e... Kahit ano [For me, it's all death anyway.. anything will do]."<br /><br />

After the bills will be deliberated on at the Committee on Justice, the consolidated version will be brought to the plenary for debates.<br /><br />

The bill must pass the House and the Senate before it can be signed into law by the President.<br /><br />

Similar measures have been filed by Senators Tito Sotto, Panfilo Lacson, and Manny Pacquiao at the Upper House.<br /><br />

The death penalty was reinstated in 1993, only to be abolished again in 2006 after then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed a law reducing maximum punishment to life imprisonment.<br /><br />

A statement from Senior Deputy Minority Leader Lito Atienza attributed the abolition to "mounting flaws, including the belated discovery of the wrongful execution of Leo Echegaray."<br /><br />

Echegaray was convicted for raping his stepdaughter, but maintained his innocence until he was sentenced to death in 1999.<br /><br />

Atienza warned that the Philippines would "swim against global tide with death penalty," and that it is actually not an effective deterrent against crime.<br /><br />

Free Legal Assistance Group Secretary-General Cookie Diokno noted that crime rates actually increased in the period that execution was implemented, as presented in the House sub-committee hearing last week.<br /><br />

Another critic, Albay Representative Edcel Lagman, also slammed House leaders for "railroading" the passage last week.<br /><br />

Alvarez is also pushing for the lowering of the age for criminal liability from 15 to 9 years old through the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility Act.<br /><br />

He said that he hopes the measure will also be passed before the Christmas break.
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Duterte says he won't declare martial law

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President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated on Thursday that he had no plans to declare martial law, saying it didn't improve the plight of Filipino people in the past.<br /><br />
"Nag-martial law tayo noon. Gumaling ba ang buhay natin? Wala," he said in a speech at the third Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in Davao City.<br /><br />
The late former President Ferdinand Marcos proclaimed Martial Law on September 21, 1972, a period that historians have called among the darkest in the country's past due to numerous human rights violations. Critics called the declaration a move for Marcos to stay in power beyond his term.<br /><br />
Duterte made his pronouncement about martial law amid threats of terrorism from the ISIS-linked Maute group based in Lanao del Sur and other extremist groups.<br /><br />
"Sinasabi nila iyang martial law. Martial law. Mag-martial law ako dito. Ano? Patayin ko lahat ng Maute pati iyan mga religious extremist? And then? Bakit iyan bang nasa utak niya, maipasa niya sa anak niya? Hindi. Kaniya iyon eh. What this guy would remember, tatay niya pinatay," he said.<br /><br />
But Duterte said he did not need martial law despite ongoing security threats in Mindanao.<br /><br />
"Martial law for what? Killing people? I would rather empower every mayor," said Duterte, adding that it would work as long as local executives didn't abuse their power.
"Kapag galing sa akin, mag-martial law, kalokohan 'yan," he added.<br /><br />
He chided people in the capital region for supposed fears about him making the declaration.<br /><br />
"Kaya itong taga-Maynila, akala nila magagalit ako ngayon, martial law dito, martial law doon, barilan dito, barilan doon," he said.<br /><br />
Section 18, Article VII of the 1987 Constitution gives the president power to declare martial law, subject to the Congressional approval.<br /><br />
Part of the passage reads: "In case of invasion or rebellion, when the public safety requires it, he may, for a period not exceeding sixty days, suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus or place the Philippines or any part thereof under martial law. Within forty-eight hours from the proclamation of martial law or the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, the President shall submit a report in person or in writing to the Congress."<br /><br />
In a speech in Davao City last November 13, Duterte said he may be forced to suspend the writ of habeas corpus if lawlessness due to "rebellion being waged" in Mindanao, does not stop.<br /><br />
Duterte's pronouncement that he won't declare martial law comes on the heels of a pair of massive rallies against the burial of Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani last November 18, a development that had the president's backing. 
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Duterte says he won't declare martial law

President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated on Thursday that he had no plans to declare martial law, saying it didn't improve the plight ...

De Lima warns public vs. Duterte admin's 'lies and deception'

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Senator Leila de Lima on Thursday cautioned the public to be vigilant after terror alert level 3 was hoisted nationwide, saying the Duterte government is "capable of lies and deception."<br /><br />
"Hindi pa natin alam yung katotohanan diyan. We can give them the benefit of the doubt na maaaring there is such a threat," De Lima said.<br /><br />
"Pero sa mga nangyayari ngayon and based on my experience na I see that they're capable of lies and deception, we have to be very vigilant. We have to be discerning about what’s happening kasi sa kaso ko, sobrang kasinungalingan ang fini-feed nila sa publiko,” she added.<br /><br />
President Rodrigo Duterte had been accusing De Lima of having received payoffs from drug lords during her term as secretary of the Department of Justice. De Lima had since denied such allegations.<br /><br />
“They can be capable of lies and deception also in graver matters on national security,” De Lima said.<br /><br />
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa said the country is under terror alert level 3 after he presented the suspects behind the foiled bombing attempt near the United States embassy in Manila.<br /><br />
Dela Rosa said the public can expect more checkpoints put up, as he urged the public to be alert and cautious.

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De Lima warns public vs. Duterte admin's 'lies and deception'

Senator Leila de Lima on Thursday cautioned the public to be vigilant after terror alert level 3 was hoisted nationwide, saying the Du...

P5B from Pagcor to revive ‘Botika ng Bayan’

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President Duterte has set aside P5 billion from the Philippine Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) to revive the Arroyo administration’s “Botika ng Bayan” project, Pagcor vice president Arnell Ignacio said on Wednesday.<br /><br />
Ignacio told reporters the state-owned gaming company recently turned over the amount to the President’s Social Fund which will be used to establish government pharmacies that provide free medicines to the poor.<br /><br />
Mr. Duterte on Tuesday said he wanted to use the amount to finance the government’s rehabilitation programs for drug dependents who had yielded to authorities.<br /><br />
The comedian-turned-Pagcor official said that when they turned over the money, Mr. Duterte’s “original plan (was) for the resurrection of the  ‘Botika ng Bayan.’”<br /><br />

“The President wants every patient to be have free medicines,” Ignacio said. “When we (met) with the President, he was specific about this.”<br /><br />
Ignacio, however, clarified that the agency doesn’t say how the money it provides is to be spent, leaving the disposition of the funds to the President.<br /><br />
“So if he plans to use it for the ‘Botika ng Bayan’ or for the rehabilitation centers, it’s he who will decide,” he added.<br /><br />
In a speech earlier, the President directed Pagcor to make at least P35 billion available to resuscitate the health project of the Department of Health (DOH) from 2005 to 2011 under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.<br /><br />
The DOH terminated the “Botika ng Bayan” due to logistical and financial problems.<br /><br />
Without elaborating, Ignacio said “meaningful reforms” had been implemented in the state gaming agency since Mr. Duterte appointed Andrea Domingo, a former immigration commissioner and Pampanga representative, as Pagcor chair.<br /><br />
Ignacio also urged the public to know more about Pagcor projects and activities that help impoverished communities across the country.

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Lagman to Speaker: Allow conscience vote on death penalty bill

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MANILA – Albay Representative Edcel Lagman on Wednesday urged House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez to allow a conscience vote on the proposed bill reimposing the death penalty.<br /><br />
In a statement, Lagman said Alvarez “must liberate members of the majority coalition to advocate differing views and assure free debate on the revival of capital punishment.”<br /><br />
Lagman issued this statement after the substitute bill on the proposal to reimpose the death penalty on heinous crimes hurdled the House Committee on Justice sub-committee on Judicial Reform.<br /><br />
The congressman said the proposed measure is being railroaded, saying the sub-panel’s approval came without the 3-day notice and before other resource persons can present their testimonies for or against the proposal.<br /><br />
Lagman said the substitute bill was only approved because the ex-officio members outnumbered the regular members in the subcommittee.<br /><br />
He also argued that the proponents of the consolidated substitute bill failed to comply with the constitutional requirement of showing compelling reasons for the reimposition of the death penalty.<br /><br />
The heinous crimes covered by the death penalty proposal include drug-related crimes, treason, qualified piracy, qualified bribery, parricide, murder, infanticide, rape, kidnapping and serious illegal detention, robbery with violence against or intimidation of persons, destructive arson, plunder, and carnapping.<br /><br />
Alvarez and Capiz 2nd District Rep. Fredenil Castro jointly filed two bills, one seeking to reimpose the death penalty for heinous crimes.<br /><br />
In filing the bill seeking to reimpose the death penalty, Alvarez and Castro noted that the "criminal justice system has had to make do with penal laws that are perceived to be less than dissuasive. There is evidently a need to reinvigorate the war against criminality by revising a deterrent coupled by its consistent, persistent and determined implementation."<br /><br />
"The imposition of the death penalty for heinous crimes and the mode of its implementation, both subjects of repealed laws, are crucial components of an effective dispensation of both reformative and retributive justice," they pointed out.
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Kailangan ni Marcos ng dasal, hindi parangal – Archbishop Villegas

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Nang si Santa Monica ay nasa bingit na ng kamatayan, nagbilin siya ng ganito kay San Agustin na kanyang anak: Ilibing mo ang aking bangkay kung saan mo naisin. Huwag mong alalahanin ang pagpaparangal sa aking bangkay. Iisa lang ang hiling ko sa iyo. Huwag mo akong kalilimutan sa altar sa bawat sandali ng Misa.<br /><br />

Ang paglilibing sa yumao ay gawaing banal para sa mga Kristiyano. Hindi mahalaga kung saan. Bagama't ang paglilibing sa bangkay ng yumao ay tungkulin ng mga naiwanan dito sa lupa, ang higit na mahalaga ay ipanalangin ang kaluluwa ng mga yumao. Hanapin natin ang gantimpala sa langit, hindi ang parangal sa libingan.<br /><br />

Si Hesukristo ay inilibing sa libingang ipinahiram lamang sa kanya, subalit siya ang pinakadakila sapagkat inialay niya ang buong buhay para sa mundo.<br /><br />

Ang pinakamahalagang parangal sa yumao ay hindi isang magandang puntod. Mas mahalaga ang panalangin kaysa sa marangyang libingan.<br /><br />

Ang parangal sa yumao ay iginagawad nang kusa, hindi pinagpipilitang ibigay. Ang parangal sa yumao ay hinihintay na ipagkaloob, hindi ipinaglalaban na makuha kahit ano ang mangyari. Ang tunay na marangal ay hindi natatakot sa liwanag ng katotohanan, hindi nagtatago palihim. Ang parangal sa patay ay biyaya ng bayan, hindi bunga ng labanan ng abugado. Ang parangal na pinilit ay mapakla. Ang parangal na ipinagpilitang makuha ay nakakasuka.<br /><br />

Nananawagan ako sa pamilya ng yumaong Ferdinand Marcos. Huwag sanang gamitin ng mga buhay ang bangkay ng yumao para sa kani-kanilang pangarap at ambisyon. Sa katayuan ng yumaong Ferdinand Marcos, hindi na niya kailangan ang parangal sa libingan. Ang kailangan niya ay dasal. Hindi madaragdagan ang kanyang kapayapaan sa kabilang buhay sa pamamagitan ng puntod sa Libingan ng mga Bayani.<br /><br />

Handang magpatawad<br /><br />

Para sa mga pamilyang naiwanan, ang dapat gawin ay ihingi ng tawad ang kasalanan ng yumao. Lahat naman ng yumao ay nangangailangan ng kapatawaran. Ibalik ang ninakaw na mana. Iwasto ang pagkakamali. Ang awa ng Diyos ay naghihintay sa lahat ng taong mababang loob at nagsisisi.<br /><br />

Ang bayang nagra-rally ay handa namang magpatawad, bakit hindi? Subalit ang pagpapatawad ay hindi maaaring pagpapaubaya sa masama; hindi pagyakap sa pananakit at pandarambong. Ang pagbabayad-pinsala sa masama; ang kabayaran sa pinsala; ang paghingi ng tawad sa kasalanan – ang mga ito ay kailangan upang mapatawad, wika ni San Juan Pablo II.<br /><br />

Ang paglimot sa kahapon ay isang malaking kakulangan ng ating panahon. Kailangan nating alamin ang kahapon upang maitaguyod ang makabuluhang kinabukasan, sabi naman ni Pope Francis.<br /><br />

Bayan ang humihirang sa bayani, hindi ang libingan. Ang tunay na bayani ay bayani kahit saan ilibing. Ang huwad ay huwad kahit igawa ng monumento<br /><br />

Mga kabataan, alamin ninyo ang kasaysayan. Huwag magpalinlang sa mga may masamang pangnanasa na pagandahin ang pangit at madilim na nakalipas. Magbantay laban sa sinungaling! Manalangin at manindigan.<br /><br />
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Kailangan ni Marcos ng dasal, hindi parangal – Archbishop Villegas

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Bishop: Join anti-Marcos rally out of compassion, not revenge

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MANILA, Philippines – Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas reminded anti-Marcos protesters at the nationwide anti-Marcos rally on Wednesday, November 30, to air their grievances out of compassion and not revenge.<br /><br />

"Sa anumang rally o symposium o protestang gagawin, palaging tandaan na ang paninindigan ay dapat na mula sa pagmamalasakit at hindi paghihiganti," Villegas said in a statement primarily addressed to his flock in the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.<br /><br />

(In whatever rally or symposium or protest that will be done, always remember that your convictions should be out of compassion and not revenge.)<br /><br />

Villegas was referring to the protests on Wednesday against President Rodrigo Duterte's decision to allow a hero's burial for dictator Ferdinand Marcos.<br /><br />
Villegas, who is also president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, explained in his message, "Ang pagmamahal sa bayan ay isang mukha ng pananampalataya sa Diyos." (Love for country is a face of faith in God.)<br /><br />

He said: "Kung sa inyong paninindigan, ang makisali sa mga rally ay kinakailangan at sa tingin ninyo ay bahagi ng ating tungkuling Kristiyano, kayo ay malugod kong hinihimok na dumalo dala ang aking basbas."<br /><br />

(If in your convictions, joining rallies is needed and is part of our Christian duty, I am pleased to invite you to join these with my blessings.)<br /><br />

'Huwag tayong magsiraan'<br /><br />

The archbishop then urged his flock to discuss issues and principles, and to avoid cursing and insulting people who espouse different views.<br /><br />

"Ang hinahanap ay katotohanan – katotohanang may pagmamahal. Huwag tayong magsiraan," Villegas said. (What we're looking for is truth – truth with love. Let us not destroy each other.)<br /><br />

In his statement, Villegas also requested parents to tell their children about the Marcos dictatorship, and not to sanitize its evils.<br /><br />

He appealed for prayers as well to solve the country's problems soon in a peaceful way.<br /><br />

The archbishop said: "Huwag lumimot. Manindigan. Makisangkot. Huwag pabayaang mawalang muli ang kalayaan." (Do not forget. Take a stand. Participate. Do not allow freedom to be lost again.)<br /><br />

Villegas was the former private secretary of the late Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin, who helped oust Marcos through the EDSA People Power Revolution of 1986.<br /><br />

One of the leading voices against the hero's burial for Marcos, Villegas earlier appealed to the Marcoses, "Huwag sanang gamitin ng mga buhay ang bangkay ng yumao para sa kani-kanilang pangarap at ambisyon." (I am calling on the family of the late Ferdinand Marcos. May the living not use a corpse for their own dreams and ambitions.)<br /><br />

He also urged the Marcos family to ask forgiveness for their father's sins, as the nation is ready to forgive him.

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Bishop: Join anti-Marcos rally out of compassion, not revenge

MANILA, Philippines – Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas reminded anti-Marcos protesters at the nationwide anti-Marcos rall...

De Lima lauds Ombudsman, assails Aguirre's 'bias'

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Says Morales is trusted, competent, impartial<br /><br />
MANILA - Senator Leila de Lima on Saturday lauded the move of Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales to investigate the various allegations linking her to the illegal drug trade. <br /><br />
In a press statement, the embattled former justice secretary said it was "about time that the Ombudsman assert its primary jurisdiction over my case, and oust the DOJ [Department of Justice] of any authority to take over cases cognizable by the Ombudsman and the Sandiganbayan, especially in this instance where the DOJ has shown its lack of objectivity and interest in pursuing the truth." <br /><br />
She said the Department of Justice (DOJ), now headed by Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, as well as the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), "have proven themselves to be nothing more than instruments of the present administration against vocal dissenters to the President, such as myself."<br /><br />
De Lima praised the Ombudsman for being the "most trusted and respected investigation office of the government" at present. <br /><br />
"To investigate such matters is the constitutional mandate of the Ombudsman. The public, including me, expects no less from the Ombudsman, especially Ombudsman Morales, who has time and again proven her competence, impartiality and capability to live up to our expectations insofar as making public officers accountable to the public is concerned. As a public officer, I am accountable to the people in both my past and present official capacities as DOJ Secretary and as Senator," she said. <br /><br />
De Lima she had expected the Ombudsman to conduct a fact-finding investigation, but described the allegations linking her to the drug trade as being in the "most absurd contexts." <br /><br />
She said the Ombudsman's probe will give her a chance to clear her name. <br /><br />
"I am not exempt from any Ombudsman investigation, as no public officer is, which is the clear intent of the Constitution. As one of the guarantees of the Constitution to assure accountability of public officers, I welcome the Ombudsman investigation, both as a regular undertaking of said office and as an opportunity for me to clear my record of any allegations of wrongdoing," she said.<br /><br />
On Friday, Ombudsman Morales said her office had given due course to the complaint against De Lima. <br /><br />
"There have been some leads. We're giving it due course by conducting fact-finding," said Morales at the homecoming event of the University of the Philippines (U.P.) College of Law.<br /><br />
Morales said the investigation is being carried out by the Deputy Ombudsman for Visayas.<br /><br />
Albuera, Leyte police chief Jovie Espenido filed a complaint against De Lima before the Office of the Ombudsman in the Visayas. <br /><br />
He accused De Lima of receiving payola from suspected Eastern Visayas drug lord Kerwin Espinosa.<br /><br />
De Lima has been critical of President Rodrigo Duterte's heavy-handed leadership even when he was still mayor of Davao City. As head of the Commission on Human Rights, she investigated extra-judicial killings by the so-called Davao Death Squad linked to Duterte.

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De Lima lauds Ombudsman, assails Aguirre's 'bias'

Says Morales is trusted, competent, impartial MANILA - Senator Leila de Lima on Saturday lauded the move of Ombudsman Conchita Carpio...

Ramos to Duterte admin: Get your act together

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Former President Fidel Ramos on Tuesday gave some "elder brother advice" to President Rodrigo Duterte and his administration, which he described as being disorganized and too focused on the war on drugs. <br /><br />
"Let me just say that they must put their act together for the people," Ramos, who was instrumental in convincing the former Davao City mayor to run for president, said during a forum with the Inquirer Group.<br /><br />
Ramos chided Duterte anew for skipping important international events, such as the gala dinner and photo shoot of world leaders at the 24th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Peru.<br /><br />
"[There should be] No excuses, I will be there. I do not have jetlag, I don't have a bad back," the former president said alluding to Duterte's excuses for not attending the APEC events. <br /><br />
He also called out the administration for having highly qualified officials who cannot work together.<br /><br />
"They are not yet organized or fortified... this is probably the reason why we have been declining," he said, specifically citing the lack of sectoral representatives in the most recent Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council meeting.<br /><br />
Ramos also criticized the government's priorities, which he said should include poverty alleviation and eventual elimination.<br /><br />
"The focus (on the war on drugs), although this is a good thing...it is not the whole thing...let us not have a tunnel vision," he said.<br /><br />
"We must have a comprehensive appreciation of the nation's problems and we must proceed on a broad front," he added.<br /><br />
He also said Duterte should stop flipflopping on the climate change pact, which aims to slash greenhouse gases and keep global temperature increases to "well below" 2 degrees Celsius. <br /><br />
"Tayo one step forward, two steps backward," he said.<br /><br />
Despite these criticisms, Ramos said he is still a big supporter of Duterte.<br /><br />
"That is the role of the kuya (elder brother) in the family... this is an extended family of so many millions (of Filipinos)," he said.<br /><br />
Similarly, he advised Vice President Leni Robredo to "stay in the team" because she has a "very important role" to play in the country.<br /><br />
"At this stage, I am trying to give my so-called 'best practices' of my own experience as a public servant of more than 50 years," he said.
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De Lima admits giving money for Dayan's house

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But denies her donations reached P2 million <br /><br />
MANILA - Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday admitted that she contributed money for the construction of her former driver-bodyguard and lover Ronnie Dayan's house in his hometown in Urbiztondo, Pangasinan.<br /><br />
Speaking to reporters, De Lima said she gave money to Dayan, but clarified that it was from her earnings as a lawyer engaged in private practice. <br /><br />
"That was before I joined public service. 'Yun 'yung una kami, sa relasyon. Nung nagpagawa siya niyan, nagcontribute lang ako ng by tranches. Pero imposible pong total of P2 million 'yun. By tranches po 'yan, at tulong ko lang po 'yan," she said.<br /><br />
Dayan said he began his 7-year affair with De Lima a few months after he became her driver-bodyguard in 2007, when De Lima was still in her own law firm. <br /><br />
De Lima also said that she will never speak ill of someone she had a relationship with.<br /><br />
"Hindi po ako ang klaseng tao na sisiraan ko ang isang tao na naging bahagi ng buhay ko. That's not me. Hindi ko gagawin 'yan sa kanya. Kami lang ang nakakaalam kung ano 'yung naging relasyon namin. Kami lang ang nakakaalam. Alam niya kung sino ang may kasalanan, kung bakit natapos na," she said.<br /><br />
Dayan, during a House inquiry last week, said De Lima contributed P2 million for the construction of his house in Pangasinan.<br /><br />
He also clarified that he built an orange house in Urbiztondo, and not the much larger so-called White House owned by his brother-in-law, an OFW.
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De Lima admits giving money for Dayan's house

But denies her donations reached P2 million MANILA - Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday admitted that she contributed money for the con...

Anti-Marcos protesters prepare for Nov. 30 rally, camp out at the LNMB

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Activists protesting the burial of the former dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan Ng Mga Bayani spent the night before Wednesday's major rally outside the LNMB, GMA 7 morning news program "Unang Balita" reported.<br /><br />

The protesters staged a program during the night, during which a Martial Law victim recounted the events during the dictatorship.<br /><br />

The activists who spent the night at the LNMB were from different generations, though most of them were millennials.<br /><br />

Wednesday's rally is part of the continuing protest to the Marcos Burial, which critics said ignored the plunder and human rights issues surrounding his dictatorship.<br /><br />

The November 30 protest is a follow-up to the spontaneous protest held at the People Power Monument along EDSA on the day of Marcos' sudden burial, and the thousands-strong Black Friday protest held last November 25 at the Luneta. 
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Anti-Marcos protesters prepare for Nov. 30 rally, camp out at the LNMB

Activists protesting the burial of the former dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan Ng Mga Bayani spent the night before Wednesday...

Expecting the worst, De Lima says she will either be jailed or killed

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Sen. Leila de Lima said that she was prepared for the two "worst case scenarios" that might befall her -  that she would either end up in jail or she would be killed.<br /><br />

"Naisip ko na lahat ng worse scenario: ikukulong and probably worse than that. Sana naman huwag nila ako patayin para naman mayroon akong konting laban," explained De Lima.<br /><br />

She stressed the importance of proving she had not been involved in the illegal drug trade as Justice secretary, saying, "Kasi they bury me, they bury the truth."<br /><br />

De Lima added that she was just waiting for the right time to answer all the accusations being hurled against her by the Duterte administration, which she claimed was orchestrating the relentless attacks on her.<br /><br />

"I just have to weather the storm and wait for that time when there's an atmosphere already for truth-telling," she explained.<br /><br />

Presently, she added, there was an atmosphere of "pananakot, pandidiin, pandikdik, pamumuwersa, lies and deception."<br /><br />

De Lima said she would wait for a time "devoid of any pressure, intimidation, or fear... In the meantime, haharapin ko na muna ang mga kaso."<br /><br />

Several cases have already been filed against her with the Department of Justice over her alleged drug links, which could earn her a life-imprisonment sentence if found guilty.<br /><br />

The House of Representatives, meanwhile, is threatening to cite her for contempt because she had asked her former driver-bodyguard to avoid a House inquiry.<br /><br />

Additionally, House justice committee chair and Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali said they were considering filing an ethics complaint, a criminal complaint, and a disbarment case against De Lima over her affair with her driver-bodyguard. 
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Expecting the worst, De Lima says she will either be jailed or killed

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Pimentel rejects solon’s call to unseat De Lima

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Senate President Aqulino “Koko” Pimentel III on Thursday rejected a congressman’s call to remove Sen. Leila de Lima from office for allegedly preventing her former aide from testifying at a hearing in the House of Representatives.<br /><br />
“We have our own rules also in the Senate. Rule of law tayo,” Pimentel said during a press briefing in the Senate.<br /><br />
“But you know for a member of the House to tell the Senate to do something, ibalik ko siguro sa kanila, ibalik ko sa House, ‘do your thing first, before you ask us to do something,’” he said.<br /><br />

The Senate leader was reacting to Kabayan party-list Rep. Harry Roque’s call for the Senate to unseat De Lima should the latter refuse to resign over allegations she had warned her former driver and bodyguard, Ronnie Dayan, against attending the House inquiry.<br /><br />

Dayan claimed that De Lima had told him through his daughter not to attend the House’s hearing on the alleged proliferation of illegal drugs at the New Bilbid Prison when the senator was still justice secretary.<br /><br />
Pimentel said the House should first conduct a “mini trial” and come up with a final determination on Dayan’s claim.<br /><br />
“Let’s not be too excited. Let the House do what they have to do, observe due process, proper procedure and then give the Senate the official result of their findings,” he said.<br /><br />
“We’re still in this situation, then how come there’s a member of Congress telling the Senate what to do when the House has not even heard the incident, has not even charged her with anything, has not even come up with a final finding or order?” Pimentel said.<br /><br />
“Very premature kaya let’s not be too excited about this,” he added.<br /><br />
Besides, he said, the Senate had its own rules and ethics committee tasked to investigate erring members of the chamber.<br /><br />
The Senate leader repeatedly cited the general principle that no one is above the law.<br /><br />
Asked if the drug allegations against De Lima were affecting the integrity of the Senate, Pimentel answered no.<br /><br />
“There are 24 senators, we have our own lives, we have our own actions. Some probably beat a red light or cross the no pedestrian crossing zones, kasalanan ba ng Senado ’yan?” he further said.

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De Lima seeks immediate action on habeas data suit vs Duterte

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MANILA - Senator Leila de Lima has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to act on her petition for writ of habeas data to put an end to the harassment and psychological violence committed against her.<br /><br />
The lady senator said despite his immunity to lawsuits, President Rodrigo Duterte is not immune from being sued in habeas data for "collecting and publicizing information about her private life."<br /><br />
"President Duterte is not immune from being sued in habeas data for collecting and publicizing information about her private life and alleged private affairs because his acts constitute slut-shaming, sexual harassment and psychological violence," she said in a statement.<br /><br />
De Lima filed a petition for writ of habeas data in the Supreme Court to stop Duterte and his allies from securing private details about her and using them against her.<br /><br />
She also cited several specific occasions where Duterte has repeatedly subjected her to crude personal verbal attacks based on "wrongful and unlawful collection."<br /><br />
For De Lima, Duterte's attack against her are "outside the realm of legitimate public concern," and are outside his mandate as the country's president.<br /><br />
"These wrongful acts are plainly outside of his power and authority as President of the Philippines, and that no reasonable person would differ from such conclusion," she said in her 14-page memorandum.<br /><br />
De Lima added that Duterte's presidential immunity is not automatically applied whenever he is subjected to judicial review.<br /><br />
"The interest in maintaining the dignity of women and protecting them from slut-shaming, sexual harassment, and psychological violence far outweighs the dangers of intrusion on the authority and function of the Executive Branch," she said.<br /><br />
The lady senator, likewise, asked to delete, destroy or rectify these "illegally obtained pieces of private information" against her. De Lima also asked to identify the foreign country that reportedly helped Duterte in acquiring this information.<br /><br />
De Lima's relationship with her former driver, Ronnie Dayan, was at the center on Thursday's House probe into the proliferation of illegal drugs at the New Bilibid Prison during De Lima’s stint as Justice secretary. But lawmakers ended up disappointed as the former aide denied ever knowing any of the inmates who accused him of receiving drug money for his boss.<br /><br />
Instead, several lawmakers feasted on Dayan’s affair with De Lima, which the driver said lasted seven years.<br /><br />
Prior to Dayan's admission about his relationship with De Lima, the senator had already come clean about it.
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<p>Source: <a href='http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/27/16/de-lima-seeks-immediate-action-on-habeas-data-suit-vs-duterte'>news.abs-cbn.com</a></p>

De Lima seeks immediate action on habeas data suit vs Duterte

MANILA - Senator Leila de Lima has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to act on her petition for writ of habeas data to put an end to the ha...