Amid moves in Congress to change the current Constitution, Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 3rd District Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr. has proposed that 40 percent foreign ownership be allowed in mass media for its improvement. media In a statement, the lawmaker shared several of the amendments he submitted...
CEBU CITY – Police will be on full alert for two major activities here on Feb. 24 and 25. The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) is gearing up for the 86th Charter Day celebration on Feb. 24 and the 37th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution the next day. Lt. Col. Janette Rafter, CCPO...
Let the House of Representatives proposal to amend the 1987 Constitution to be handled by a Constitutional Convention (Con Con) go through the normal Legislative process. Senator Francis Tolentino, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon committee, emphasized this after the Lower House’s committee on...
Administration critic Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman believes he knows why the House of Representatives is "rolling fast" with the proposed amendments to the Constitution despite President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s pronouncements that Charter change (Cha-cha) wasn't his priority....
Former Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Reynato Puno favors the revision of the entire 1987 Constitution. Former Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Reynato Puno (RTVM) Puno had this to say before the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments, which held on Monday, Feb. 20 its seventh public...
The Constitution of the Philippines, ratified by plebiscite on Feb. 2, 1987, has been in force for 36 years, the longest period of uninterrupted democratic governance in the history of the Republic. President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has declared that changing the Constitution “is not a priority,”...
Independent minority solon Albay 1st district Rep Edcel Lagman is crossing his fingers that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. would stick to his pronouncements on Charter Change (Cha-cha). Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. "I hope...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri welcomed on Tuesday, February 14, the statement of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. that proposals to amend the “restrictive” economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution is not a priority. Zubiri thinks that the proposal of Senator...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Tuesday, February 14, said he agrees with the position of President Marcos that foreign investments could still trickle in without amending the Constitution but stressed the future need to revisit its political provisions to improve the...
ILOILO CITY – Chancellor Clement Camposano of the University of the Philippines (UP)-Visayas proposed the regional election of senators during the public consultation on constitutional reforms here on Monday, Feb. 13. THE House Committee on Constitutional Amendments holds a public consultation on...
The House Committee on Constitutional Amendments will stay the course on its Charter change (Cha-cha) deliberations. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Jr. (left) and Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Panel chairman, Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez gave this...
Pro-administration Senator Robinhood C. Padilla is saddened by a position of President Marcos that Padilla’s proposal to amend the restrictive economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution is not a priority. "It is sad because if we do not make the needed changes to the Charter's economic...
