1987 Constitution
[OPINION] Charter change is our business
6 December, 2018 at 13:00
Let this piece be an updating report, especially to my colleagues in business, on what the business sector is doing to be engaged in the move to amend our Constitution…
NEDA proposes five-phase plan for federalism
1 September, 2018 at 15:24
The National Economic and Development Authority has proposed a five-phase transition to a federal form of government to avoid disruption to the economy’s growth momentum.
[OPINION] They didn’t understand
13 August, 2018 at 10:28
I was wrong, totally wrong. I had confidently predicted that the consultative committee would be forward-thinking and liberal in its devolution of a new, modern constitution.
Arroyo files resolution on separate voting in...
9 August, 2018 at 10:46
House Speaker Gloria M. Arroyo on Monday filed House Resolution No. 2056 expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that it is taking the Senate’s position on holding a separate vote
Liberalization tops wish list of businessmen for...
1 August, 2018 at 13:00
The country’s trade chief and top business groups want the new House leadership to prioritize the passage of measures that will open up the economy to foreign participation.
Committee approves draft federal charter
4 July, 2018 at 10:18
The Philippines on Tuesday took a step closer to becoming a federal state as the consultative committee tasked by President Rodrigo Duterte with proposing changes to the 1987 Constitution…
Con-com to keep ban vs. foreigners owning...
17 May, 2018 at 08:00
Consultative committee (Con-com) member Arthur N. Aguilar said the Subcommittee on Economic Reforms (SER) is eyeing to retain the existing provision on foreign ownership restriction on land.
ConCom to decide federal structure, bill of...
10 April, 2018 at 13:41
The Consultative Committee (ConCom) tasked to review the 1987 Constitution is set to decide early this week the executive and legislative structure of the proposed federal government…
Con-com on pace to meet July deadline
15 March, 2018 at 13:44
From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mondays to Thursdays, the 20 members of President Duterte’s consultative committee (Con-com) gather at the Philippine International Convention Center for two or three closed-door subcommittee meetings.
‘Charter review must also focus on economic...
20 February, 2018 at 15:13
The country’s largest business group is concerned the shift to federalism will be prioritized in the review of the 1987 Constitution over making changes in economic policies the business sector has long fought for.
[OPINION] Focus on the economics
30 January, 2018 at 16:00
Early this week, the Makati Business Club, the Management Association of the Philippines, and the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines issued a joint statement…
[OPINION] Do the people want Charter change?
22 January, 2018 at 14:00
Last Tuesday night, the House of Representatives hastily passed Resolution No. 9 which would allow the convening of Congress into a Constituent Assembly (Con-Ass) that would amend the 1987 Constitution for a shift to federalism.
House Con-ass okay for Charter change likely...
7 December, 2017 at 12:10
The chairman of the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments on Monday said lawmakers are set to approve a resolution calling Congress to constitute itself as a constituent assembly…
[OPINION] Ending martial law
29 August, 2017 at 12:00
The commemoration last week of the martyrdom of Ninoy Aquino at the Manila airport tarmac 34 years ago on Aug. 21, 1983, reminded us of the horrors of the martial law (ML) regime of Ferdinand Marcos.
