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Federal shift seen disrupting growth

One of President Rodrigo Duterte’s top economic managers on Tuesday warned that the rush to implement federalism may set back the country’s economic progress...

House vows more quality bills

The House of Representatives is keen on passing “more quality legislation” aimed at uplifting the socioeconomic condition of the people as Congress’ Third Regular...

Imperial Manila dominates in Puno proposal

The proposed draft of the federal constitution, drafted and submitted by the Consultative Committee chaired by former Chief Justice Reynato Puno, establishes a presidential...

Duterte wants to speed up federal shift, says Senate chief

President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated his proposal to hasten the process for a shift to a federal form of government so that he could be...

The real state of the nation

President Rodrigo Duterte will deliver his third State of the Nation Address later this month, and according to his minions in Malacañang, it...

Text and context in Charter change debate

The consultative committee completed last July 3 the draft of the proposed federal constitution. The draft was due to be submitted yesterday to...

Teams over superstars

There is a lesson to be learned from the defeats of highly-touted World Cup teams which relied on football superstars Lionel Messi and...

Constitutional expert warns public on Charter change

An expert on Philippine Constitution has warned the public that the federal charter might allow President Rodrigo Duterte to run again in the 2022...

The human right to marry

Scholastic philosophy is characteristically neat—the very reason that it is both admired by its adherents and scorned by its critics.  Its reliance on...

‘Ease foreign ownership on media, schools, telcos’

An opposition lawmaker on Sunday urged the consultative committee tasked by President Rodrigo Duterte to draft possible changes to the 1987 Constitution to consider...

Con-Com asserts claims on WPS, Sabah

THE first article in the Constitution that the Consultative Committee or Con-Com will propose firms up the Philippines’ stance on the West Philippine Sea...

Party-list anomaly must be excised

Have you noticed the obvious attempt of Malacañang to portray presidential assistant Christopher “Bong” Go as somebody very close to President Duterte, and who...

Drafting a Constitution

Consultative Committee to Study the 1987 Constitution—that is how we are officially called by Executive Order No. 10 that brought the group about. Most...

Socioeconomic rights to be added to Charter

To give the poor a more “effective tool” to fight poverty, the Consultative Committee (Concom) reviewing the 1987 Constitution will propose the inclusion of...
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