Sen. Imee Marcos said on Monday, February 5 that foreign investors and locators never once mentioned anything about amending economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution. Sen. Imee Marcos during the first Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes on Monday, Feb. 5, says...
Retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. reiterated his firm and unchangeable stand that there are no valid, serious, and compelling reasons to amend the 1987 constitution. Retired Justice Hilario Davide Jr., a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission, voices his objections...
The Senate will not succumb to pressure of a deadline when discussing the proposed economic provisions that are raised under Resolution of Both Houses No. 6, senators assured on Monday, February 5. Sen. Sonny Angara, chairperson of the subcommittee of the Committee on Constitutional...
The Senate will merely focus on the proposed amendments on the economic provisions of the Constitution and nothing else when they start tackling the Resolution of Both Houses No. 6 on Monday, February 5, senators said. Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara said that what the Senate will do is...
BETTER DAYS The results of the 2022 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)—the comparative survey conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on the academic performance, skills, and knowledge of 15-year-old students across countries—were...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said on Wednesday, Jan. 31, that the Senate's review of the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution will begin next week. In an ambush interview, Zubiri said that they will create on Wednesday a subcommittee on constitutional amendments that will be headed...
Senator Sonny Angara (Senate PRIB) With recent talks of establishments not following the legally mandated senior citizen’s discount, how does the law play a role in the discount’s computation? Under Republic Act (RA) No. 7432, it seeks to maximize the...
For Senator Sonny Angara, the current push for a People's Initiative (PI) to amend the 1987 Constitution is a "Trojan horse - one with a nice harmless gift wrapper of ostensibly just voting jointly to revise the Constitution". In an Instagram post on Saturday, Jan. 27, Angara said that the Senate...
BETTER DAYS According to Department of Health (DOH) data, pulmonary-related illnesses were the first, fifth, seventh, and ninth top causes of morbidity in the Philippines in 2022. In fact, acute respiratory tract infections remained the top ailment reported by Filipinos from 2012 to 2022....
Senators on Wednesday, January 24, refused to back down on accusing the House of Representatives of railroading the People’s Initiative to amend the 1987 Constitution and asked members of the Lower House to drop the signature campaign so discussions on Charter change can proceed without any...
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Tuesday, January 23 reaffirmed the Senate’s commitment to fund the country’s first lung transplant program. Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara and President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. graces the 42 nd founding anniversary of the...
BETTER DAYS Since assuming the chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Finance in 2019, we have been committed toward strengthening our public health care system. Providing access to quality health care to all, particularly to our disadvantaged countrymen, is one of the most important...
