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Senator Robin Padilla on Monday filed a resolution calling for a Constitutional Convention to amend provisions of the 1987 Constitution, aiming to dispel fears this would “advance the interests of only a few.” In filing Resolution of Both Houses No.8, Padilla, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments…

Senator Robin Padilla declared on Thursday that he is open to pushing for a Constitutional Convention (Con-Con) to amend the economic and political provisions of the 1987 Constitution. Padilla, presiding chairman of the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes, said he is also “seeking help” from two…

Earlier this month, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. granted Service Contract 38 a 15-year extension.

 ENDEAVOR “The real wealth of nations consists of the contributions of people and our natural environment.” Thus wrote Riane Eisler in her pathfinding work, the Real Wealth of Nations, Creating a Caring Economics (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2007). This was one of my references when I wrote a d

Rodolfo Lozada Jr., the man who blew the whistle on the aborted national broadband deal with China’s ZTE Corp. during the Arroyo administration, has surrendered to authorities along with his brother to face imprisonment for graft conviction.

The Supreme Court recently upheld the dismissal of a two-star general for his role in the 2009 police chopper scam. Herold Ubalde was a one-star general when fired by the Ombudsman in 2012. Reason: serious dishonesty and conduct prejudicial to the service.

(File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte's memorandum barring officials and employees of the Executive Branch from attending the ongoing Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearings into government's spending for the Covid-19 pandemic does not upset the principle of checks and balances, Malacanang said on Thursday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this remark after the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) urged Duterte to recall his memo, saying it "upsets the system of...

MANILA - Malacanang on Monday assured that Cabinet officials are still willing to attend Senate probe into the national government's pandemic response despite the order of President Rodrigo Duterte to issue a memorandum that would limit their appearances. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this remark after various business groups and universities called on public officials to cooperate in the ongoing probes, stressing that Filipinos deserved "a full and fair accounting" of...