It’s not economics; it’s our politics
"It is not economics, but bad politics that ails this country" Nothing could be more silly than this rigmarole our ...
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Less elections + less officials = better governance
"We have far too many elected officials who parade themselves as ‘honorables’ even if their work for the people are ...
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"Given a choice, the public at large will realize that too many officials elected in too frequent elections are bane, ...
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Another measure filed to support Charter change
By Maricel V. Cruz There’s no stopping lawmakers’ efforts to review the 1987 Constitution in the House of Representatives. Cagayan ...
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House panel okay of election of Con-Con delegates hailed
Lawmakers on Saturday hailed the approval at the committee level of a revived initiative to hold an election for delegates ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.