Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Enrile Uy and Senator Imee Marcos favour the hybrid election system.
Uy made his preference for the hybrid election system known just before the communications committee of the powerful Commission on Appointments de
The Gokongwei family, listed by Forbes Magazine as one of the country’s wealthiest, officially launched the Gokongwei Group master brand that will embrace all the diverse businesses in their portfolio which includes some of the Philippines’ top corporations.
GOKONGWEI GROUP company officials led
Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo (SC photo) MANILA - Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo has reiterated the importance of a functioning judiciary in the nation's economic development. By safeguarding the rights and freedoms of the individual, Gesmundo said the judiciary allows the country to prosper, and in nurturing economic prosperity, rights will also be protected. "While it is the Executive department which is actively involved in maintaining economic security through the programs it undertakes, and the Legislative department in building economic prosperity through the laws it enacts, the Judiciary, passive though it may seem, is equally responsible for the development of the economy through the decisions it renders," Gesmundo said in a speech delivered online on Thursday before the annual awards ceremony of the Foundation for Liberty and Prosperity (FLP). "By consistently balancing individual rights and freedoms with legitimate government interests, the Judiciary a
The 1987 Constitution created the party-list system for underrepresented community sectors, including labor, peasant, urban poor, indigenous, women, youth, and other such groups as may be defined by law (except the religious sector). However, a 2013 Supreme Court decision clarified that the party-list is a system of proportional representation open…
On May 9, Filipino voters will vote for a new President and other national and local leaders from among the choices listed on the front page of the ballot they will cast; at the back of that ballot is a full page of party-list candidates from which voters may choose only one party.
The first party-