Senator Francis Tolentino has raised national security concerns over a proposal that would allow foreign companies to fully control and operate toll expressways in the Philippines. Senator Francis Tolentino (Senate of the Philippines) Tolentino, in a statement on Wednesday, August 4, stressed that...
A total of 96 countries, including the Philippines, have joined the newly formed Group of Friends of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), a venue that helps to promote compliance and address challenges to the so-called “constitution for the ocean”. Philippine Envoy to...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Wednesday, July 28, thumbed down an interagency task force's call for the Senate to act on the resolution seeking economic amendments to the Constitution. Senator Panfilo 'Ping' Lacson (Senate of the Philippines) The Interagency Task Force on Federalism and...
Department of Energy (DOE) Spokesperson Felix William Fuentebella believes that the proposed joint exploration for oil and gas between the Philippines and China in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) can still "move forward". DOE Spokesperson Felix William Fuentebella (Screengrab from Facebook live)...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said President Duterte's claim that the vice president was immune from suit opens the door to provoke the country's jurisprudence after being reminded that there was no such provision in the Constitution. President Spokesman Harry Roque (File photo/Malacañang)...
President Duterte may be open to running for vice president in next year's elections but he actually has no ambition for power, according to Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Panelo has dismissed speculations that Duterte was out...
It would be premature to file a complaint against President Duterte's potential vice presidential bid in 2022 since he has not made a final decision on the matter yet, Malacañang insisted on Friday. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque made the...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Friday, July 9 said President Duterte’s plan to run for vice president in the upcoming May 2022 national elections will go against the spirit of the Constitution and will pose as a serious problem of succession to the presidency later on. Drilon, a former...
Malacañang said there was nothing wrong with President Duterte possibly running for vice president in the 2022 elections since the Constitution did not prohibit such an act in the first place. President Spokesman Harry Roque (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
Changing economic policies in our constitution By Karl Aguilar Illustration by Shaun Landaas, design by Jules Vivas Among all the sovereign countries in the world, the Philippines is the only country that has specified in its constitution the limits to which a foreign company or...
What we have learned from the 1971 Constitutional Convention and how we can apply it today By Orion Perez Dumdum 1899 Malolos Congress: President Aguinaldo sits at the center, as a gentleman reads a document to his left Philippine Executive Commission Chairman Jorge B. Vargas reads a message to the...
Former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Wednesday, June 2, expressed confidence that the Philippines can forge a peace agreement with communist rebels in Mindanao as long as it is forged within the framework of the Constitution. “A peace agreement with the communist rebels should...
