National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan has echoed President Marcos' take on the proposed economic reforms in the 1987 Constitution, saying that adjusting it would open up opportunities for the country in terms of investments. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong'...
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). ...
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...
The Senate building (MANILA BULLETIN) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has challenged senators to convince Filipinos to vote "no" to the People Initiative (PI) once the plebiscite is held. This, as the House Committee on Ways and Means chairman...
Senators on Wednesday, January 24, refused to back down on accusing the House of Representatives of railroading the People’s Initiative to amend the 1987 Constitution and asked members of the Lower House to drop the signature campaign so discussions on Charter change can proceed without any...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshot from Zoom) It's time for President Marcos to step in and quell the brewing impasse between the House of Representatives and the Senate on Charter change (Cha-cha), Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman said on...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) Citing personal sources, Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda told House reporters Wednesday, Jan. 24 that People’s Initiative (PI) proponents have successfully achieved the 12 percent threshold...
Deputy Speaker David "Jay-jay" Suarez (left), former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez (Facebook) People's Initiative (PI) critic Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez has had an inconsistent stand on Charter change (Cha-cha). Thus, said...
President Marcos is not keen on discussing the proposed political amendments in the 1987 Constitution at present as he stressed the need to adjust the Charter to attract more foreign investors. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Yummie Dingding/PPA Pool) "The 1987...
