House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives expects the Senate to stand by its word and approve Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) Ho. 6 by March to accelerate the proposed amendments to the economic provisions of...
Quezon 2nd district Rep. David “Jay-Jay” Suarez (Screenshot from live stream, House of Representatives’ Facebook page) What changed? Such is the question of House Deputy Speaker Quezon 2nd district Rep. David "Jay-Jay" Suarez to the incumbent Senators...
President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) The House of Representatives has adopted a resolution expressing its "strong and unqualified support” for President Marcos for his “leadership and sincere commitment to steer the country...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia announced on Monday, Jan. 29, that the Commission En Banc has decided unanimously to suspend indefinitely all proceedings concerning the People's Initiative (PI) as a means to amend the 1987 Constitution. (Photo from the Office of...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez and all other lawmakers at the House of Representatives who are bent on pushing amendments to the 1987 Constitution are welcome to attend the Senate’s inquiry into the ongoing People’s Initiative (PI) signature campaign drive. Sen. Imee Marcos,...
The Senate is more inclined to focus on matters that are urgent than to give priority to the ongoing moves to amend the 1987 Constitution through a People’s Initiative (PI). Sen. Grace Poe pointed this out as she renewed her call for the public to shun the ongoing signature campaign on...
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...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano has warned against the possible negative outcomes that may snowball from the House of Representatives' alleged attempt to amend the Constitution through a People's Initiative (PI). “Kapag pumasa itong proposal nila sa PI, mas madali pang baguhin ang Konstitusyon kaysa...
Sen. Imee Marcos believes that the scheduled Senate inquiry next week, in aid of legislation into the efficacy of the People's Initiative to amend the 1987 Constitution will determine if the ongoing process is accurate. "To my mind, di ko alam anong mangyayari in terms of politics, madiffuse yung...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Friday, January 26 rejected a suggestion emanating from the House of Representatives for the Senate to conduct its own People’s Initiative (PI) campaign that would take up the restrictive economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution. ...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III appealed to President Marcos to step in the continuous Charter change (Cha-cha) efforts to amend the existing 36-year-old Constitution through People's Initiative (PI) that is causing a "disruption" between the Senate and the House of...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Speaker Martin Romualdez said on Thursday, Jan. 25, that the House of Representatives would not hesitate to exercise its oversight power to force compliance against business establishments that disregard...