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Legarda bats for additional items in PH current school curriculum

Senator Loren  Legarda  said the country’s current educational curriculum should be enhanced with the addition of several important items. She said the Bill of Rights...

Peaceful transfer of power

At exactly noon today, President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. will take his oath of office before Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo...

Department of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

"The time for correction is now."   The Constitution has nothing to say about the size and configuration of the official family of the President of...

Senators scoff at Cha-cha timing

Tinkering with the Constitution should always be the Senate’s last resort,  Senator  Grace Poe said on Thursday even as  Senate President Vicente Sotto III...

ConCon 1971 after 50 years

" The interest and future of the nation were the primordial consideration."   The delegates to the 1971 Constitutional Convention were young (average age was between 35...

My public interest advocacy

"I want to pay back the Filipino taxpayers for financing my education."   As a new columnist, it is my honor to share this newspaper’s dream...

Economic Cha-cha to lure investments

One of the benefits of amending the economic provisions of the Constitution, as contained in Resolution of Both Houses No. 2 now under deliberations...

Need for more foreign investments

"At the end of the day, we are all on the same boat."     Conversations about the amendment of the Constitution have again resurfaced. We have...

Change the system

"A presidential form is not compatible with a multiplicity of parties as a two-party system which was what the wise men who framed our...

Passing responsive laws

"Rigid constitutions cannot guarantee that their provisions will be perpetually valid and applicable."   The enduring and invariable nature of our Constitution has been a boon...

Raising a constitutional question

"What legal vehicle must be used to question the constitutionality of a law?"   Every time there is an unpopular bill which is perceived to violate...

Scrapping an infirm agreement

"China is pointed to as the potential enemy in the region to justify the need for an alliance."   When the President took back his decision...

Tighter security for the grid

"There must be a balance between technological and capital interest and national security and public welfare."   Sovereignty and national security are inherently a prime concern...

Senators urged to take steps for charter change

Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez on Sunday called on senators to back a measure that would amend the 1987 Constitution, particularly a provision...
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