Former president Rodrigo Duterte (left), House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Malacañang photo, Speaker’s office) Rodrigo Duterte had a lot of "shortcomings" during his six-year term as Philippine president. House Speaker Martin Romualdez gave...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshot from YouTube live) Independent minority solon Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman says the "full implementation" of the 2018 Garcia-Mandanas ruling of the Supreme Court (SC) is key in the pursuit of a...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (left), Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s apparent desire for federalism in the Philippines will only work if it's pursued alongside Charter Change...
The Philippines is “doing the first step” to becoming a federal government “in all but name,” President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Thursday, Aug. 24. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the oath-taking of new members of his political party--Partido Federal ng Pilipinas--in...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla filed today July 21 a review of the provisions in the 1987 Constitution that are considered stumbling blocks to equitable economic growth. After filing Senate Resolution 6, Padilla said It is high time to fine-tune the 1987 Constitution - including considering a...
It must have been hard for Vice President-elect Sara Duterte to be her father’s daughter. As perhaps the country’s most popular president in modern times, outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte has enjoyed immense support but also unimaginable criticism from the people. Vice President-elect Sara...
Presidential candidate Senator Manny Pacquiao will pursue a federal form of government if he wins in the upcoming elections. Senator Manny Pacquiao Pacquiao bared this on Thursday at the sidelines of his campaign rally in Bohol, where he said he made the pronouncement when he recently met with the...
Economic federalism. These are two words that, when put together, would spell progress for the Philippines, according to Taguig-Pateros 1st district Representative and former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano. (Photo from former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano’s office) "Wouldn't it be better...
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,...
Less than seven months away from stepping down, President Duterte has accepted the defeat of his push to "federalize" the Philippines on Friday, Dec. 10 before an international audience. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte, in his intervention during the virtual Summit for...
A group of President Duterte's supporters has promised to continue to rally behind him as well as his presidential contender in the 2022 national elections. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) After the President appeared reluctant to run for vice president and has yet to see...
A Moro IT software engineer’s view By Zainal Limpao I am a Moro, a member of the Maranao tribe, one of the 13 identified ethnolinguistic groups of Muslim Filipinos from Mindanao. I come from an academic family, my parents having been former university...
