Senators on Monday, Feb. 5 were baffled by the resolution adopted by the lower chamber on Monday afternoon, Feb. 5, defending Speaker Martin Romualdez from what congressmen called "baseless accusations" from the Senate in connection with the recent push for People’s Initiative (PI). For...
Should the Senate and House of Representative vote separately when amending the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution? Former Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. (left) and former Chief Justice Vicente Mendoza appear at the Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of...
Deputy Minority Leader Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, February 5 urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to permanently scrap the ongoing People’s Initiative and stop the acceptance of signatures and all other processes related to it. Sen. Risa Hontiveros attends the Constitutional...
Sen. Robinhood Padilla has filed a resolution seeking to have both houses of Congress vote separately in amending the 1987 Constitution. In Resolution of Both Houses 7, Padilla, who chairs the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes sought to amend Section 1 of Article...
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...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Friday, February 2 insisted that discussions about People’s Initiative (PI) as a means to amend the 1987 Constitution is premature and inappropriate, especially if so many anomalies are linked to it. “Huwag nating pilitin ang isang pekeng PI para sa...
Senators on Friday, Feb. 2, gave mixed reactions to the recommendation of United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Irene Khan to abolish the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Khan said that this is to "allow for more inclusive peacemaking platforms," with a...
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...
Sen. Grace Poe said that the focus on the joint voting by Congress made the so-called People's Initiative for Charter change (Cha-cha) flawed at the onset and that the attention instead should have been on explaining the provisions that required amendments in the 1987 Constitution. Sen. Grace...
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...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (PPAB) Citing the need to achieve sustainable consumption, Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has urged the Senate on Tuesday, Jan. 30, to give the green light to a bill that seeks to prioritize ...
OF TREES AND FORESTS It has been chilly the past few days here in Metro Manila. Last Jan. 27, the temperature was at its lowest for the year at 19.9°C. I usually wake up very early in the morning and I can feel the nippy weather as soon as I get up. It is perfect weather to do some brisk walking...
