Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 12:28:30 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday indicated a possible shift in the government’s approach in amending the Constitution, a move he had been pushing to give way for the shift to a federal form of government.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 02:37:04 +0000
Instead of implementing a federal charter, empowering local government units (LGUs) is the key to inclusive growth, Oposisyon Koalisyon (OK) senatorial candidate Samira Gutoc said on Thursday.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:31:31 +0000
The proposed federal charter drafted by the House of Representatives, which would lift term limits for elected officials, was a “wholesale act of fraud” against the people, according to election watchdog group Kontra Daya.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 21:35:32 +0000
Led by a supermajority dominated by administration allies, the House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to pass a resolution to amend the 1987 Constitution.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 11:33:00 +0000
The draft federal Charter principally authored by Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo “should go straight to the trash bin.”
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 08:40:26 +0000
The House of Representatives swiftly approved on the third and final reading its controversial draft federal charter on Tuesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2018 09:40:37 +0000
Malacañang has remained confident that the bill revising the 1987 Constitution for a shift to a presidential-bicameral-federal system would be passed within the term of President Rodrigo Duterte. Palace spokesman…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 09:44:20 +0000
Senators will not let Charter change be raised when the lower and upper chamber convene next week to tackle the possible extension of martial law in Mindanao, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Friday.
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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 23:25:03 +0000
Duterte weighing pros and cons on ML extension–Palace President Rodrigo Duterte is still evaluating the recommendations of the military and the police to extend martial law in Mindanao, which is set to expire on December 31. Malacañang on Thursday said the final decision remained in the hands of Congress, and that the executive branch would […]
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President Rodrigo Duterte has created an inter-agency task force on federalism (IATF). Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, by the authority of the President, signed Memorandum Circular No. 52 on October 31 but the paper was released only to the media on Monday. In his memorandum, Duterte said, “The conduct of a public information drive and advocacy […]
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