House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Members of the House of Representatives are too busy to attend the Senate's investigation on the signature campaign in connection with the People’s...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Monday, January 29, lauded the 43 legislative districts that did not succumb to the pressure in the ongoing push for the People’s Initiative (PI) as a means to amend the 1987 Constitution. Out of 254 legislative districts, only 43 of...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos wave as they are escorted by personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on Jan. 29, 2024. The Chief Executive is headed to Vietnam for a two-day official working visit. (Photo by...
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte warned President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. might face removal from office, similar to his late father, former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., if his administration pushes forward with the People’s Initiative to amend the Constitution. DUTERTE...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers says the senators' reason for opposing charter change (Cha-cha) has something to do with their supposed desire to preserve...
Senators on Monday, January 29 lauded the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) move to come up with an en banc resolution to suspend all proceedings on the People’s Initiative (PI) to amend the 1987 Constitution. Wearing a maroon armband, Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri, in a...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia announced on Monday, Jan. 29, that the Commission En Banc has decided unanimously to suspend indefinitely all proceedings concerning the People's Initiative (PI) as a means to amend the 1987 Constitution. (Photo from the Office of...
Senators on Monday, January 29 derided a remark made by a House lawmaker who claimed that they are opposed to Charter change due to their unwillingness to leave their comfort zones. On Sunday, Surigao del Norte 2nd District Rep. Robert Ace Barbers criticized some senators who...
Senate staff were seen wearing maroon armbands on Monday, Jan. 29 to express support for the upper chamber's rejection of the ongoing push for People's Initiative (PI) as a means to amend the 1987 Constitution. Maroon colored ribbons are being distributed to the staff entering the Senate on Monday,...
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Sunday night, January 28, said he is disappointed in the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. FORMER President Rodrigo R. Duterte delivers a speech before thousands of people in a prayer rally in Davao City on Sunday night,...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Sunday, Jan. 28, joined President Marcos’ “Bagong Pilipinas” kickoff rally, but also expressed her support for the prayer rally her father is expected to attend in Davao City to oppose the ongoing People’s Initiative (PI) to amend the Constitution. Vice...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (left), House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) The House of Representatives' role in the People’s Initiative (PI) movement, if any at all, is to "encourage public discourse and awareness" on Charter...
