House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives takes the next step toward passing Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 7 on Monday, March 11 when it begins the plenary debates on the econimic Charter change...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri (Speaker’s office) Saying that the Senate has "always lived up to the challenge", House Speaker Martin Romualdez remains confident that the so-called upper...
Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong (PPAB) As far as Assistant Majority Leader Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong is concerned, there is nothing to fear when it comes to preserving Philippine nationalism once the education sector is opened to foreign investors....
From left to right: Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo, Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin, Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The claim of the Makabayan bloc that economic...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Another ranking House member has ruled out the possible insertion of political amendments to Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.7. “The political amendments are very...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri (Facebook) A test of Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri's leadership. That's how some pro-Charter change (Cha-cha) congressmen described Zubiri's mission of gathering the minimum 18 votes needed from his...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Thursday, March 7 urged the government to effectively implement existing economic reform laws, particularly those enacted during the term of former president Rodrigo Duterte. Go said he believes the government can implement these existing policies with or...
Former Senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan answering questions during a press conference (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) Is this the kind of example we want to show to children? This was the question former Senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) A ranking congressman simply shrugged his shoulders over the Department of Education's (DepEd) opposition to economic Charter change (Cha-cha) as espoused in Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.7. "Ganun...
Former senator Gringo Honasan (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Former senator Gringo Honasan has evoked the spirit of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution in his bid to convince Filipinos to support the Charter change (Cha-cha) movement in...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri said on Wednesday, March 6 said it would be a "big challenge" to secure three-fourths or 18 votes in the Senate in pushing to amend the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution. In a press conference, Zubiri said that he even told President Marcos that...
Flag of South Korea (Edarabia.com) Not only will economic Charter change (Cha-cha) attract more foreign investors to the Philippines; it will also attract more foreign students, particularly Koreans. Thus, said Korean Chamber of...
