The prime mover of Charter change (Cha-cha) in the current 19th Congress welcomed on Friday, March 10 a report by financial information firm Fitch Solutions that supposedly highlighted the need for the Philippines to undergo constitutional revision. Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus...
Lawyers Neri Colmenares and Carlos Zarate of Bayan Muna Party-list would be good additions to the constitutional convention (con-con). Ex-Bayan Muna Party-list Reps. Neri Colmenares (left) and Carlos Zarate (Facebook) Thus, said no less than Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez,...
The Philippines' poor showing in The Heritage Foundation’s 2023 Index of Economic Freedom report justifies the ongoing move in the House of Representatives to pursue Charter change (Cha-cha). Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Thus, said Cagayan de Oro City 2nd...
Delegates of the planned constitutional convention (con-con) will be able to propose any kind of amendment--economic or otherwise--to the 1987 Constitution. Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (above, gesturing) confirms that con-con delegates would be able to propose any kind of...
Independent minority solon, Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman tried to stop the proverbial Charter change (Cha-cha)) train cold in its tracks Tuesday, Feb. 28 during plenary session. Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (right, in photo) attempts to halt the plenary debates on RBH No.6 on...
The 304-strong delegates of the proposed hybrid constitutional convention, to be formed in connection with the brewing Charter change (Cha-cha) efforts in the House of Representatives, will each be entitled to a P10,000 "per diem" or daily salary. (MANILA BULLETIN) This provision can be found in...
The House Committee on Constitutional Amendments has approved the accompanying bill and committee report of Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 6, which called for the formation of a hybrid constitutional convention (con-con) in the bid to revise the 1987 Constitution. MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO...
The House of Representatives has begun plenary deliberations on the measure seeking to convene a Constitutional convention (con-con), which will be tasked to propose amendments to the 36-year-old Charter. Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Cagayan de Oro City 2nd...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is not giving up on President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. as far as the latter's casting aside of Charter change (Cha-cha) efforts is concerned. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr....
Administration critic Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman believes he knows why the House of Representatives is "rolling fast" with the proposed amendments to the Constitution despite President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s pronouncements that Charter change (Cha-cha) wasn't his priority....
A week after President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. declared Charter change (Cha-cha) as not being a priority, a panel in the House of Representatives decided Monday, Feb. 20 that it would go the Constitutional convention (con-con) route should the measures to amend the 1987 Charter prosper....
Carla Abellana's lawyer, Atty. Peter Sanchez, has come out to explain the temporary protection order granted their client in relation to ex-husband, Tom Rodriguez. In an interview with Boy Abunda, the lawyer maintained it is merely for Carla being allowed to "invoke protection." "If they are in the...
