Another civil society group has joined the snowballing campaign against the rule of powerful political families, launching a signature drive in Baclaran Church, where similar movements that changed the course of the country’s history had been initiated decades ago.
Saying the Supreme Court had already defined the meaning of a political dynasty, a civil society group asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec), on Tuesday, to disqualify six prominent local candidates—including Davao City Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte—for being “clear and obvious” political dynasts.
The leader of the political party Kapatiran said on Tuesday that Filipinos opposed to the reproductive health bill could resort to a people’s initiative to repeal the measure upon its signing into law by President Benigno Aquino III.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Sunday said it was powerless to stop political dynasties because Congress had yet to pass an enabling law for the constitutional prohibition.
Senator Teofisto Guingona on Thursday joined the call to declare as unconstitutional Republic Act 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
House majority leader Neptali Gonzales II on Monday urged Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. and Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile to speak to President Benigno Aquino III about amending the 1987 Constitution before the third State of the Nation Address (SONA).
President Benigno Aquino on Thursday said that the 6.4-percent economic growth that his administration achieved in the first quarter this year was proof enough that the Philippines could grow without altering the 1987 Constitution.
Obviously buoyed by his successful shepherding of two impeachment votes last year, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte declared with utmost confidence that the House of Representatives will initiate and carry out long-contemplated amendments to the Constitution, particularly on the restrictions on foreign ownership of land, utilities, media and other services.
President Benigno Aquino III said Friday he has vetoed the bill fixing the term of the chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines at three years.
MANILA, Philippines—The Aquino administration is confident it can grow the economy with the measures it is following, without needing to amend the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution. The Palace effectively rejected the call of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile to amend the restrictive economic provisions of the Constitution. “We believe that the economic provisions [...]
DAGUPAN CITY—Former Agrarian Reform Minister Conrado Estrella Sr. died in his sleep at the family house in Manila on Tuesday. He was 93. A family aide said Estrella underwent heart bypass several years ago, but he had no major ailment before his death. Estrella, who was also former Pangasinan governor, served as agrarian reform minister [...]
