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Panukalang BBL, umarangkada na sa Senado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 01 02:12 AM

Naendorso na sa Senado ang panukalang Bangsamoro Basic Law. Read more »

Alvarez, tila 'tumiklop' sa mga patama ni Sara Duterte

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Posted at Feb 23 11:42 PM

Muling bumanat si Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio laban kay House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez kaugnay sa umano'y mga bintang nito laban sa kanya, at sa ama niyang si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Charter review body eyes outright ban vs political dynasties

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 28 06:16 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte’s study group is looking at an outright ban on political dynasties but faces uncertainty over whether legislators would adopt this provision in the proposed federal constitution.   Read more »

Eksperto: Political dynasty, nagpapahirap, buwagin na

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Updated as of Sep 20 07:41 PM

Kahirapan ang nakita ng mga miyembro ng academe na pangunahing epekto ng political clans sa mga pinagsisilbihan nilang lugar. Read more »

Political dynasty ban could doom BBL: think tank

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 19 07:45 PM

An anti-political dynasty provision could jeopardize the approval in a plebiscite of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), a Mindanao-based think tank warned Friday. Read more »

'Poverty, impunity exists where fat political dynasties thrive'

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Updated as of Aug 27 03:23 PM

SABAY-SABAY TUMATAKBO: 'Fat political dynasties' or families with members simultaneously holding government positions are strong indicators of poverty and underdevelopment, according to the dean of the Ateneo School of Government.  Read more »

Charter framers hit for skipping outright ban on political dynasties

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 07:29 AM

Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III turned the tables on framers of the Constitution critical of political dynasties, saying they should have imposed an outright ban when they drafted the charter in 1986. Read more »

Public pressure needed to include anti-dynasty provision - Pimentel

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Updated as of Aug 29 03:38 PM

MANILA - A self-executing anti-political dynasty provision, which wouldn't require legislation, can be included in the new charter, according to the Senate President, who also heads the ruling PDP-Laban political party pushing for federalism.    Read more »

Congress dared: Prove sincerity, pass anti-dynasty law before Cha-cha

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Posted at Jan 31 10:26 AM

MANILA - A framer of the 1987 Constitution dared lawmakers to pass an anti-political dynasty law before amending the charter to prove their sincerity in fostering real change. Read more »

BBL, 'naaayon' sa Konstitusyon: retiradong mahistrado

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Updated as of Jul 30 05:50 PM

Tiwala ang isang dating mahistrado ng Korte Suprema na sumusunod sa Saligang Batas ang kasalukuyang bersiyon ng Bangsamoro Basic Law. Read more »

Federalism without safeguards to empower political dynasties: ex-CJ Puno

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 17 03:30 PM

"As it is now, these political dynasties already posses so much power. If you go to federalism, you will not only give dynasties so much power but you will be giving them sovereign powers," retired Chief Justice Reynato Puno warned. Read more »

There can only be one: JV vs Jinggoy looming in 2019 polls?

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 26 01:05 PM

There can only be one Estrada in the Senate, according to Senator JV Ejercito who admits he may have to reconsider his plans to seek re-election in 2019 if his half brother, former Senator Jinggoy Estrada, decides to run for the same position. Read more »

Kapit-tuko? Estradas willing to 'give chance to others' in San Juan

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Updated as of Jun 26 12:51 PM

Senator JV Ejercito denied allegations that the Estrada family wants to keep their position in San Juan City, which they have served for 48 years. Read more »

Zamora seeks to dethrone Estradas in San Juan

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Updated as of Jun 20 03:16 PM

END OF AN EMPIRE? Former San Juan City Vice-Mayor Francis Zamora said he does not intend to replace the Estrada dynasty with his own as he sets his eyes on the mayoral position with an election recall looming.    Read more »