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Ilang senador duda kung tutupad ang Kamara sa limitadong Cha-cha

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 26 09:28 PM

Sa kabila nito, duda ang ilang senador na tutupad sa usapan ang ilang mambabatas.  Read more »

Amending charter key to PH economic recovery from pandemic, says official

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 04 12:12 PM

Liberalizing the Charter's economic provisions by allowing foreigners to fully own public utilities will allow the Philippines to fully recover from devastating impact of COVID-19 pandemic, a top interior official said Thursday.   Read more »

Cha-cha wala sa timing, ayon sa ilang metro mayors

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 03:30 AM

Naniniwala ang ilang alkalde sa Metro Manila nitong Miyerkoles na hindi pa napapanahon para pag-usapan ang panukalang pag-amyenda sa ilang economic provisions ng Konstitusyon habang abala umano ang mga lokal na pamahalaan sa pagtugon sa COVID-19.   Read more »

Kongresista umapelang paabutin sa plebisito ang panukalang Cha-cha

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 08:49 PM

Umapela ang kongresistang nagsusulong ng Cha-cha na paabutin sa botohan ang panukalang pagbabago sa Konstitusyon.  Read more »

House panel inaprubahan ang resolusyon para sa nilulutong Cha-cha

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 02 09:40 PM

Lusot na sa House panelo ang resolusyon para sa panukalang pag-amyenda sa ilang economic provisions ng Konstitusyon.  Read more »

House panel OKs resolution aiming to change Charter's economic provisions

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 03 12:33 AM

A House of Representatives committee on Tuesday approved a resolution seeking to amend economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution. Read more »

Retired SC justices, constitutionalists warn vs allowing Cha-cha amid pandemic

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 27 10:30 PM

Retired Supreme Court justices and some constitutionalists on Wednesday cautioned the senators and the public against the possibility of political amendments being inserted in the 1987 Constitution should amending the charter be pursued.  Read more »

Ex-SC magistrates, Consti framers clash over timing, reason behind Cha-cha push

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 27 11:48 PM

Several legal luminaries, among them former Supreme Court (SC) magistrates and framers of the 1987 Constitution, clashed Wednesday before a Senate panel tackling attempts to revise economic provisions of the country's 3-decade Charter. Read more »

'Pandemya ang dapat pagtuunan ng pansin bago charter change'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 27 09:51 PM

Iginiit ng ilang eksperto sa Saligang Batas na dapat pagtuunan ng pansin ang pagtugon sa COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more »

Drilon: Liberalizing economic provisions in Constitution possible without Cha-cha

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 27 06:13 PM

MANILA — Sen. Franklin Drilon on Wednesday said it is possible to liberalize the economy from restrictive economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution without amending it, as some lawmakers pushed for charter change due to mounting economic and health concerns because of the pandemic.  Read more »

DOF bats for ‘doable’ economic measures as Congress holds Cha-cha hearings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 03:37 PM

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said lawmakers should pass “doable” economic measures with only 17 months left in the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, as Congress again held hearings on amendments to the Constitution on Tuesday.   Read more »

'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 »

Financial execs oppose Cha-cha, say gov't must focus on economic recovery

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 06:50 PM

The premier group of the country's top financial executives has "strongly opposed" changes to the Constitution through the government's proposed charter change (Cha-cha), as amendments should be limited to economic reforms. Read more »

Cha-Cha revival betrays Duterte’s desperation

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Updated as of Jan 18 09:27 AM

This time, Duterte might get it his way given his clout on both the legislature and judiciary. Read more »

Ilang senador kinuwestiyon ang 'Con-Ass' sa Kamara

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 09:39 PM

Pinuna ng ilang senador ang proseso ng Charter change na isinusulong ng ilang mambabatas sa Kamara. Read more »

Duterte says to shun term extension even if handed on 'silver platter'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 07:31 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he did not want to stay in power beyond the end of his 2022, even as his allies pushed for charter change. Read more »

Pagdinig sa panukalang Cha-cha umarangkada na sa Kamara

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 09:29 PM

Ayon sa ilang inimbitahang eksperto, napapanahon nang baguhin ang ilang batas tungkol sa ekonomiya.  Read more »

DILG says 500k signatures, LGU resos backing Cha-cha submitted to House panel

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 13 05:50 PM

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said it submitted Wednesday to a House panel some 555,0000 signatures and resolutions from local governments supposedly supporting the move to amend portions of the 1987 Constitution. Read more »

Velasco pinulong ang liderato ng mga partido ukol sa Charter change

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 08:17 PM

Pinulong ni House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco ang mga lider ng political parties sa Kamara bago ang hearing sa Charter change.  Read more »

Exclude land ownership from Cha-cha discussions says Finance chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 07:01 PM

Land ownership should be left out of discussions on Charter change, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said on Tuesday.  Read more »