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As far as Malacañang is concerned, Senator Leila de Lima has no reason to celebrate despite the junking of her drug-related case by the Muntinlupa Regional Court.

In an omnibus order, Muntinlupa RTC Branch 205 Judge Liezel Aquiatan also denied the grant of bail for de Lima and Dayan in Criminal Case No. 17-165. (File Photo: Senate of the Philippines/Facebook) MANILA – A Muntinlupa court on Wednesday dismissed the demurrer to evidence filed by counsels of detained Senator Leila de Lima and her former aide Ronnie Dayan seeking to dismiss the drug charges against them. In an omnibus order, Muntinlupa RTC Branch 205 Judge Liezel Aquiatan also denied the g...

Philippine police escort Leila de Lima on her way to a local court to face an obstruction of justice complaint in Quezon city, metro Manila, Philippines in this file photo from March 13, 2017. - Reuters MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): Opposition Sen Leila de Lima on Wednesday (Feb 17) won one of the three drug cases filed against her by the Duterte administration in connection with alleged involvement in a conspiracy to promote drug trade at New Bilibid Prisons (NBP). She said acquittal...

Muntinlupa court junks De Lima drug case, sustains another By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News Published February 17, 2021 5:20pm Updated February 17, 2021 6:48pm A Muntinlupa City court on Wednesday denied Senator Leila de Limas plea for the junking of her drug case involving her former driver and bodyguard Ronnie Dayan. In an order, Judge Liezel Aquiatan of the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 205 did not grant both the detained lawmakers demurrer to evidence, as well as her...

SunStar Senator Leila de Lima (File) + February 17, 2021 A MUNTINLUPA City court on Wednesday, February 17, 2021, acquitted detained Senator Leila de Lima of one of three illegal drug trading charges, four years after these were filed. The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 205 granted De Lima’s demurrer to evidence, which is tantamount to her acquittal in case number 17-166. De Lima was accused of benefiting from the drug money and vehicles that her co-accused, Jose Adrian ...

Senator Leila De Lima “To be acquitted even in just one case, in the time of Duterte, is a victory,” DeLima, a staunch critic of the administration, said in a statement. A Muntinlupa City court earlier acquitted the opposition senator on one of three drug cases she is facing but the court denied her bid to dismiss another one. De Lima is facing two conspiracies to commit illegal drug trading cases filed before the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 205, in which the senator filed a d...

A Muntinlupa court has granted and denied detained Sen. Leila de Lima’s motions to have her two drug cases dismissed.

Avon Lake Public Library celebrates 90th anniversary: Short Takes on Avon, Avon Lake and North Ridgeville Updated Jan 25, 2021; Posted Jan 15, 2021 A host of activities are planned to celebrate the Avon Lake Public Librarys 90th anniversary. (Julie A. Short, special to cleveland.com) Facebook Share AVON LAKE, Ohio -- The Avon Lake Public Library (ALPL) is a gem in the city and worthy of a long celebration to commemorate its 90th anniversary. What started from humble beginnings in February 19...

Press Release De Lima asks Court to junk second drug case, cites lack of evidence vs her A day after seeking to dismiss one of the three trumped-up drug cases against her, Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has asked the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 205 to junk her second drug case citing failure of the Prosecution to present sufficient competent evidence against her. De Lima, through her lawyers, filed a Demurrer to Evidence for Criminal Case 17-165 last Jan. 8 where she ...

December 24, 2020 Detained Senator Leila De Lima said her Christmas wish was to have freedom from detention and to the end of killings in the Philippines. “I constantly wish for my freedom. This year, after finding the evidence weak and the testimonies against me without credibility as they are mainly perjured, I applied for bail in each of the three cases I’m facing since I was unjustly detained on 24 February 2017,” De Lima, currently detained in Camp Crame, said in a statement. “It i...