Wednesday, May 20, 2026
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Tag: Constitution

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...

The absence of checks and balances

(Part 1) The grave problems confronting the country today will persist and worsen for as long as there are no checks and balances between the...

Carpio or Panelo?

"Hands down, I am for the former."     Who do you believe in interpreting the Constitution, Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio or Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo? Both...

Why the Constitution has to be defended

"Here’s Justice Vicente V. Mendoza in his own words."     For three years now, the Constitution has been under relentless attack, and ironically it is the...

Will the President please defend his people?

Can they or can’t they? Malacañang will have to make a categorical statement on whether or not the Chinese can fish inside the Philippine’ Exclusive...

Fewer is better

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