The Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes has formally ended the public hearings on Resolution of Both Houses No. 6 which seeks to relax restrictions on foreign ownership in public utilities, higher education and advertising. Sen. Robinhood “Robin”...
The advertising industry has apparently gone global and thus, blurred the rules on foreign ownership. This was the common observation among stakeholders as they try to find a common ground as to whether the Philippine advertising industry should be opened to foreign equity, Sen. Juan Edgardo...
The Senate is set to resume on Thursday, May 9, 2024, its hearings on the proposed amendments to the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution. It will be the fifth hearing of the Senate subcommittee on constitutional amendments and revision of codes chaired by Senator Sonny Angara on the...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left), Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri (Rep. Villafuerte's office, Facebook) Economic Charter change (Cha-cha) backer, Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Speaker Martin Romualdez and the rest of the House of Representatives has been galvanized by the results of a recent poll, which indicated that more than half of Filipinos favored Charter...
(Usplash) The Philippines must "strike while the iron is hot" in terms of making the country more attractive to foreign investors. Thus, said House Deputy Majority Leader Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre as he underscored in a press...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has ordered the immediate transmittal to the Senate of both the resolution on economic constitutional reform and the bill revoking the franchise of...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Speaker Martin Romualdez says the newly-approved Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.7 will help usher in "a new era of economic vitality" in the Philippines. The ecstatic House leader...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has delivered on its commitment to approve Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.7--its economic Charter change (Cha-cha) measure--before the Holy...
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Monday, March 18 rejected the House of Representatives’ plan to transmit Resolution of Both Houses No. 7 (RBH 7) directly to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) citing the “bicameral system” of both the House and the Senate. “With...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives passed on second reading on Wednesday night, March 13 Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.7, exactly a week after the pro-Charter change (Cha-cha) hurdled the Committee...
The House plenary. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe shared in his sponsorship speech for Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.7 that he is even more convinced now that the...
