BAGUIO CITY — A number of people invited in Friday’s Senate regional consultative hearing on Charter change here don’t trust Congress in cha-cha moves, Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson observed. Meanwhile, artists who grouped themselves into Task Force Chacha are angered by the deletion of “love,” “truth,” and “freedom” in the

BAGUIO CITY — Representatives of youth groups on Friday appealed to senators not to rush federalism when the vast majority of Filipinos don’t understand its effect on their lives. At the resumption of Senate regional consultative hearings here, Maria Meryl Isidro, of the Student Council Alliance of the Philippines (SCAP),

Former Senate President Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr. and 9 other resource persons at the Senate public hearing on Charter change on Tuesday rejected the scenario of no elections in the course of amending or revising the Constitution. “I do not support any move to defer the election set for May

…So from Cotabato last week, Baguio next Friday, we are now back in Manila. And what I’ve heard repeatedly in all these hearings with respect to Manila is we have been derisively called Imperial Manila, mainly because of the unequal distribution of wealth, the lopsided allocation of resources towards urban

COTABATO CITY — Congress should act on bills on the Bangsamoro Basic Law and other urgent measures before working to shift to a federalist form of government, said various resource persons here at the Senate’s third Regional Consultative Hearing on Charter Change. Sophia Paguital of the Mindanao People’s Caucus said

Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Sunday asked the National Food Authority (NFA) about the availability of affordable government-subsidized rice, especially for low-income Filipinos. “Hindi nasagot ng NFA sa nagdaang pandinig sa Senado ang mga tanong natin. Nasaan ang NFA rice? (NFA was not able to answer our questions in the

CEBU — Chinese leaders won’t consider as joke President Duterte’s mention of the Philippines as a province of China, former chief justice Hilario Davide Jr. said Thursday, reiterating his opposition to change the Constitution during a Senate public hearing on Charter change (Cha-cha) here. Davide noted that government’s prioritizing Cha-cha

MANILA — Senator Francis Pangilinan on Tuesday questioned inconsistent government data on rice supply, after the economic planning office reported an over-triple increase in distribution while the rice agency announced that rice supply will only last for two days. Pangilinan, former head of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for