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House eyes bigger IRA for local govts in Cha-cha

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Credit to Author: Divina Nova Joy Dela Cruz| Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:10:49 +0000

Bigger internal revenue allotments (IRA) for local government units are part of the provisions a House panel is considering in its revised version of proposed amendments to the Constitution. Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, chairman of the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments, said the panel had deferred a committee report, which was supposed to be scheduled for […]

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2018: How the Senate rose above undemocratic challenges

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Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 10:58:45 +0000

2018: How Senate rose above undemocratic challenges

2018 has been a “prolific year” for the Senate in terms of legislation, as what Senate President Vicente Sotto would have the year described.

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2018: How Senate rose above undemocratic challenges

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Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 10:58:45 +0000

2018: How Senate rose above undemocratic challenges

2018 has been a “prolific year” for the Senate in terms of legislation, as what Senate President Vicente Sotto would have the year described.

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Con-com spokesman blasts House approval of Arroyo’s draft federal Charter

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 11:33:00 +0000

Con-com spokesman blasts House approval of Arroyo’s draft federal Charter

The draft federal Charter principally authored by Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo “should go straight to the trash bin.”

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Sotto: No Cha-cha discussion on joint session next week

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 09:44:20 +0000

Sotto: No Cha-cha discussion on joint session next week

Senators will not let Charter change be raised when the lower and upper chamber convene next week to tackle the possible extension of martial law in Mindanao, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Friday.

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House now functioning as Con-ass to amend 1987 Constitution – Veloso

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House now functioning as Con-ass to amend 1987 Constitution – Veloso

The House of Representatives is already operating as a Constituent Assembly (Con-ass) to modify the 1987 Constitution, constitutional amendments panel chair and Leyte 3rd District Rep. Vicente “Ching” Veloso said Tuesday.

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VP out of power succession aims to avoid ‘instability’ in leadership

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The move of the House constitutional amendments panel to skip the Vice President as President Rodrigo Duterte’s successor during the transition period towards a federal form of government was done to prevent “instability.”

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‘Cha-cha just taking a power nap’

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‘Cha-cha just taking a power nap’

Rejecting the reckoning by the country’s lawmakers, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar on Thursday insisted that Charter change (Cha-cha)—not the dance but the government-led movement to revise the 1987 Constitution for a shift to federalism—was not dead.

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Sotto: Senate firm on not rushing Cha-cha

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The Senate will stand by its decision not to rush any Charter change (Cha-cha) moves even amid reports that Malacañang would continue to push for it and the shift to federalism, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Thursday.

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