by Joel dela Torre
from People’s Journal
MARKING the United Nations Day for Women and International Peace today, the Commission on Human Rights called on government to improve protection and programs for the rights… Read the rest
Efren L. Danao
Manila Times
SENATORS who attended the Council of State meeting Tuesday said the only good thing that came out of the meeting was that everybody was allowed to speak out.
?But nothing substantive came out. It… Read the rest
Atty. Rita Linda V. Jimeno
Manila Standard
There seems to be no let-up on the heat against the ?no-el? proposal of ConCom for the scrapping of polls in 2007.
It is field day for the opposition and for all… Read the rest
Manila Times
THE position being taken by certain members of this Consultative Commission on Sections 7 and 8 of the Constitution?s Transitory Provisions, proposing the cancellation of the May 2007 election, will not be accepted by the people.
It could… Read the rest
Angelo Samonte
Manila Times
Business and labor are for opening up the country?s media, services and utilities to foreign ownership.
The sentiments of the two sectors surfaced at consultations held in Makati City Thursday by the Consultative Commission.
Representatives… Read the rest
Candice Y. Cerezo
Manila Times
The Consultative Commission?s Committee on Transitory Provisions is looking at three major proposals involving the transition from a presidential government to a parliamentary system that gives President Arroyo three options on how to end… Read the rest
Joyce Pangco Pañares and Tony Macapagal
Manila Standard
All elected officials, including President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, will have to sacrifice the remainder of their terms once the 1987 Constitution is amended and a parliamentary form of government is adopted,… Read the rest
Manila Times
THE addition of three more autonomous regions to the proposed 11 regions is being recommended by the 54-member Consultative Commission, which is studying the revision of the 1987 Constitution.
The additional three regions was suggested following the separation… Read the rest
Fel V. Maragay
Manila Standard
The first batch of 33 members of the 50-member Consultative Commission on Constitutional Reforms was named by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday.
The list includes academicians, business leaders, journalists, leaders of organizations of workers… Read the rest
Fel V. Maragay and Romie E. Evangelista
Manila Standard
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has seized the initiative to set up a parliamentary-federal system by creating a 50-man Consultative Commission that will propose amendments to the 1987 Constitution.
The President… Read the rest
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