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The day when senators’ blood ran cold

It was a black September day in 2016. That was the day when senators killed the rule of law in the chamber that they fondly call august (August: respected, illustrious, prestigious; words that no longer apply by any means, even faintly, to our present Senate).

The day when senators’ blood ran cold

Free at last!

After seven long years in detention for what she insists as trumped -up drug charges, former Sen. Leila de Lima walked out of her detention cell at the Philippine National Police headquarters in Camp Crame at about 7 p.m. Nov. 13.

Free at last!

‘Very, very soon’

That’s what lawyer Boni Tacardon told supporters of detained former senator Leila De Lima who were expecting the court’s decision on Monday, June 5, on her petition for bail.

‘Very, very soon’