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'Di kailangan ng Cha-cha para mapalago ang ekonomiya'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 08:17 PM

Lahat umano ng "restrictive" economic provisions sa 1987 Constitution ay kayang remedyuhan ng iba pang batas. Read more »

Drilon: Postpone charter change talks until June 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 03:41 PM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday suggested delaying deliberations on charter change until June 2022, arguing that the country is facing other problems that needed to be addressed. Read more »

China likely to benefit from Charter amendments, says '87 Constitution framer

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 01:15 PM

China will most likely benefit if the Philippines opens its doors to foreign direct investment by liberalizing the Charter's economic provisions, one of the framers of the 1987 Constitution said Monday. Read more »

Senators blast House panel's efforts to amend Constitution sans Senate role

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 10:21 PM

Lawmakers from both chambers of the Philippine congress clash over a congressman's remark that a panel in the lower chamber tackling proposed constitutional amendments is now working as a constituent assembly.  Read more »

House resumes debates on proposal to amend 1987 Constitution

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 10:16 PM

The House of Representatives resumes debates on the proposal to amend the 1987 charter. Read more »

Velasco meets with political party leaders ahead of charter change hearing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 11:00 AM

House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco got the backing of various political party leaders on the eve of a House hearing on his proposal to amend economic provisions in the Constitution. Read more »

Velasco shores up support for charter change ahead of committee deliberations

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 07:49 PM

House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco met with Leaders of Political Parties in the Majority Coalition at the House of Representatives Tuesday to make sure only amendments to the limits to foreign investments in the country are tackled and approved when the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments meets on Resolution of Both Houses No. 2 on Wednesday morning. Read more »

Lawmakers see no need for charter change to reform party-list law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 10:30 PM

The Philippine House Speaker said proposed amendments to the country's 1987 Constitution may be finalized and put to a vote during a plebiscite in 2022. Read more »

Mga mambabatas hati ang opinyon kung napapanahon ba ang Charter change

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 08:03 PM

Hati ang opinyon ng ilang mambabatas kung tama bang isulong ang pag-amyenda sa Saligang Batas sa gitna ng pandemya. Read more »

Charter change to die if political agenda inserted - Salceda

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 11 01:46 PM

Charter change will fail if lawmakers will insert political amendments, Rep. Joey Salceda said Monday as he insisted that only economic provisions will be touched. Read more »

Lower House to resume charter change talks amid pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 10:09 PM

The push at the Philippine legislature to revive constitutional amendments fuels speculations these could lead to a term extension for President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

House to resume charter change hearings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 10:59 PM

The House of Representatives is set to resume its hearings to tackle the proposed charter change, Ako Bicol partylist Rep. Alfredo Garbin said Wednesday. Read more »

Lawmaker revives charter change bid amid pandemic

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 09:48 PM

Quezon Province 2nd District Rep. David Jayjay Suarez insists on amending the 1987 Constitution to build back better after the COVID-19 pandemic.   Read more »

OPINION: No to Mikey Arroyo’s not-so-bright idea of postponing 2022 elections

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Sep 28 02:04 AM

Mali talaga. (It's really wrong.) Read more »

Mungkahi na ipagpaliban ang 2022 elections dahil sa pandemic, kinontra

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 06:39 PM

Labag sa Konstitusyon ang pagpapaliban o pagkansela sa eleksyon. Read more »

Lawyer to SC: Put Duterte health rumors to rest by compelling him to disclose medical records

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 04:37 AM

MANILA – The lawyer seeking the disclosure of President Rodrigo Duterte’s health records is not stopping just yet, despite the Supreme Court’s outright junking of his petition. Read more »

OPINION: Coalition of lawyers, journalists, human rights defenders calls Anti-Terror Act ‘repugnant’

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Updated as of Aug 10 06:52 AM

The Anti-Terror Law’s assault on the Bill of Rights is underscored in the petition that CenterLaw, together with three organizations and at least 20 individuals, are filing Monday before the Supreme Court to have the law declared “unconstitutional”. Read more »

Sotto to pro-charter change solons: Just amend Local Government Code

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 28 12:06 AM

Senate President Vicente Sotto on Monday declined to entertain several lawmakers' push to amend the 1987 Constitution, saying Congress can enact laws to help Filipinos survive the COVID-19 crisis without tinkering with the charter. Read more »

Gatchalian says Senate 'will push back' vs charter change during COVID-19 pandemic

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 23 04:39 PM

MANILA - Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday said that the Senate "will push back" against proposals to amend the 1987 Constitution, saying it is only a distraction amid the COVID-19 crisis.    Read more »

'Suspicious': Gordon warns against charter change during COVID-19 pandemic

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 05:26 PM

Sen. Richard Gordon on Wednesday said that amending the 1987 Constitution at the height of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) will rouse suspicion that several politicians only want an "extension of power."   Read more »