A former finance chief said that the Philippines stands alone in the Asian region with Constitutional restrictions on foreign ownership, emphasizing the need to ease these restrictive economic provisions. Former Finance Secretary Margarito B. Teves said the Philippines trails behind its Southeast...
Retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. reiterated his firm and unchangeable stand that there are no valid, serious, and compelling reasons to amend the 1987 constitution. Retired Justice Hilario Davide Jr., a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission, voices his objections...
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...
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...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri (Facebook) Ranking members of the House of Representatives have slammed Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri's claim of a possible constitution crisis as the two chambers of Congress continue to butt heads...
Deviating from its original plan, the Senate on Monday, January 22 referred "Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 6 proposing amendments to Articles XII, XIV and XVI of the 1987 Constitution" to the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes chaired by Sen. Robinhood...
Sen. Robinhood Padilla considers the newly filed Senate resolution that seeks to review some economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution as "good news" for the nation. In a statement on Tuesday, Jan. 16, Padilla, who chairs the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has claimed that a constitutional crisis amid the quest for Charter change (Cha-cha) is far-fetched, despite the fear of some of his fellow...
Seeking to avert a constitutional crisis, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said that the Senate, as tasked by President Marcos, will take the lead in reviewing the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution. Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri personally filed Resolution of Both...
Sen. Robinhood Padilla believes that the "time is ripe" to amend the 1987 Constitution including through a people's initiative "so long as this is truly from the people." "Peoples initiative: Vox populi, vox Dei. Ang boses ng taongbayan ay boses ng Dios... Pag-usapan nang matino ang peoples...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers The continued drop in unemployment rate under the Marcos administration should serve as an "impetus" to relax the “restrictive” economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution. Thus, said Surigao...
Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Monday, January 8 slammed as “unethical” and “illegal” the reported attempts to railroad Charter change where local chief executives were supposedly asked to give P100 to every constituent who would sign a petition to amend a constitutional provision...
