Sen. Imee Marcos believes that the scheduled Senate inquiry next week, in aid of legislation into the efficacy of the People's Initiative to amend the 1987 Constitution will determine if the ongoing process is accurate. "To my mind, di ko alam anong mangyayari in terms of politics, madiffuse yung...
Sen. Imee Marcos said on Friday, Jan. 26 that his cousin House Speaker Martin Romualdez' office was "definitely" behind the alleged P20 million offered to congressional districts in line with the ongoing push for People's Initiative (PI) for Charter change (Cha-cha). "Well, definitely, opisina niya...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Senator Imee Marcos (Speaker's office, Facebook) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has brushed off as "baseles" Senator Imee Marcos' claim that he offered P20 million to every district in exchange for signatures to...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Friday, January 26 rejected a suggestion emanating from the House of Representatives for the Senate to conduct its own People’s Initiative (PI) campaign that would take up the restrictive economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution. ...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri (left), House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Like an angry class adviser, House Speaker Martin Romualdez has told the country’s senators to "Get your act together and focus on your...
BUTUAN CITY – The Army 23rd Infantry Battalion under the 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division captured two wounded New People’s Army amazons in an encounter in Barangay Bitan-agan, this city, on Wednesday, January 24. They were taken and under tight security in a hospital here on Thursday, January...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri (Speaker’s office) The House of Representatives remains in "full support" of the Senate's Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.6, which seeks Charter change (Cha-cha). ...
BACOLOD CITY – A campaign seeking to withdraw signatures for the People’s Initiative (PI) will be launched here on Saturday, January 27. Atty. Cesar Beloria Jr., an advocate on educating people about the PI, is calling for the withdrawal of these signatures, as he believed that most people who...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte What's so special about Philippine senators that they get to have the longest possible term in office among all elected officials? Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte asked this...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III appealed to President Marcos to step in the continuous Charter change (Cha-cha) efforts to amend the existing 36-year-old Constitution through People's Initiative (PI) that is causing a "disruption" between the Senate and the House of...
House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s Office) Speaker Martin Romualdez has assured the public that the House will prioritize economic revisions when it comes to the proposed Charter change (Cha-cha). "May pagbabago na...
The move to overwhelm the Senate’s 24 votes with the House of Representatives’ over 300 votes is nothing short of an affront to the principles of bicameralism, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said. That is why, Estrada said insisting on a People’s Initiative (PI) as the mode to amend...
