Members of the “Koalisyon Laban sa Chacha," on Thursday, Feb, 22 marched to Plaza Roma in Intramuros, Manila to voice their opposition to Charter change (Chacha). Photo courtesy of Caritas Philippine/ Facebook The coalition, which included various religious groups and people's organizations,...
Forty-one percent of Filipinos are in favor of the proposals to amend the 1987 Philippine Constitution now, results of the latest survey of Pulse Asia revealed on Tuesday, April 4. Pulse Asia disclosed this in the March 2023 Ulat ng Bayan national survey conducted from March 15 to 19 among 1,200...
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...
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,”...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz We have been told many times that it is the Constitution’s fault that our economy is not developing. Never mind wealth and income inequality, regressive taxation, institutional corruption, regulatory capture, and the chronic joblessness as evidenced by more labor migration. The...
"More frequent to regular presence" of large-scale foreign fishing fleets, particularly from China, is expected in our territorial waters should constitutional reform or Charter Change (Cha-Cha) push through, a fishers' group warned on Monday, Feb. 6. Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)...
The House Committee on Constitutional Amendments chairman is pushing for Charter Change (Chacha) in the current 19th Congress through Constitutional Convention (Con-Con). Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez filed House Joint...
An ally of President Duterte in the House of Representatives gave the outgoing leader a grade of 8 out of ten, but said that it would have easily been higher had the former served longer than six years. Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Barbers (left) and President Rodrigo Duterte...
Presidential aspirant Norberto Gonzales will immediately push for Constitutional change, particularly by changing the country's political system, if elected in the highest seat of the government. For Gonzales, the "problem with the country, politically speaking, has become the system." Therefore,...
Filipinos have a more pressing matter to attend to than Charter Change (Cha-cha). Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Photo from the Cabinet Secretariat Facebook page) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles had this to say Tuesday, Jan. 11 in response to Pampanga 3rd...
Except for barangay men, the country’s elective officials, including the president and the vice president, may serve for a total of ten years in two consecutive five-year terms of office, under a legislative proposal filed on Friday, Jan. 7 by a senior administration lawmaker. Rep. Aurelio...
Shiela Luanne Peralejo, the mother of controversial actress Heaven Peralejo, recently called out DJ Chacha. On Twitter, Shiela wrote: "Yung mga taga showbiz dyan na gusto mag promote ng bashing pero puro encrypted message mag tag kayo kung matapang talaga kayo. Wag puro parinig tapos pag sinugod...
