The House of Representatives is now just one step away from completing its Charter change (Cha-cha) mission in the current 19th Congress. The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) This, after the 314--strong lower chamber approved on second reading on Tuesday night, March 7 House Bill...
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...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla respects the views and rights of those protesting the constitutional process of easing the 1987 Constitution's economic provisions to allow more Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs). Padilla made the assurance Thursday after some groups staged protest actions...
Now is the time to end 36 years of poverty by easing the 1987 Constitution's limitations on Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs), Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla said Thursday, March 2. Sen. Robinhood C. Padilla presides over the continuation of the hearing of the Committee on Constitutional...
A consensus has been reached by pro--Charter Change (Cha-cha) solons in the House of Representatives to boost the inflow of foreign direct investments (FDIs) to the country, which can be achieved by lifting the supposed overly-protective economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution. House Speaker...
After just three days worth of plenary debates, Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.6, which calls for the creation of a constitutional convention (con-con), has been passed on second reading by the House of Representatives. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The second-reading approval of RBH...
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...
Senator Imee Marcos on Monday, February 27 said the climate change problem does not recognize national boundaries. Thus, the government has to take a more aggressive stance in the next Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention to Climate Change to hold the...
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...
There's a need to quantify in hard numbers the cost and benefit of the proposed economic Charter change (Cha-cha) in the House of Representatives. House Minority Leader 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan (Contributed photo) Thus, said House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Some one billion children are at "extremely high risk" due to climate change harms, a rights group warned on Wednesday, adding that youths' living standards failed to improve in the last decade. The KidsRights index, based on figures supplied by UN agencies, also said more...
