The disapproval by the Philippine National Police custodial authorities of the request of detained former Sen. Leila de Lima to allow the visit of 10 personalities for purportedly having been filed less than ten days before the intended visit is flimsy and arbitrary.
Even during her birthday today, former Senator Leila de Lima is unreasonably deprived of the company of her closest friends and ardent defenders.
Rep. Edcel C. Lagman urged TV5 and ABS-CBN to be “brave and steadfast in closing their business agreement which is aboveboard and violates no law or regulation.”
The horrors of the Plaza Miranda bombing on August 21, 1971 and Ninoy Aquino’s assassination on August 21, 1983 still haunt Filipinos as we commemorate the twin tragedies.
Memorandum No. 2022-0663 dated August 9, 2022 of the Komsiyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF) banning five (5) books in Filipino as “subversive” is a liquidation of the freedom of expression which is enshrined and protected by the Bill of Rights, according to Rep. Edcel C. Lagman, the lone authentic opposition in the House of Representatives.
