As inflation for July reached 5.7 percent, Senators Risa Hontiveros and Joel Villanueva have called on government to prioritize the issue on rising prices of basic commodities.
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Senator Ralph Recto said if the government wants to strengthen local and regional governments through federalism, it can show its sincerity by complying with the Supreme Court (SC) decision on raising the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA). “The administration is being presented with the opportunity to put its money where its mouth is, in a case […]
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The director general of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) has called on Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson to take a leave of absence amid controversies surrounding a viral lewd video on federalism.
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Sen. Grace Poe said she would be “extra careful” amid a looming change in the present form of government. On Tuesday, Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo filed a resolution, calling for separate voting on the charter change proposal should the Senate and the House of Representatives agree to convene in a constituent assembly.
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Read morePRESIDENTIAL Communications Secretary Martin Andanar on Monday asked the spokesman of the Consultative Committee (con-com) to “disengage” himself from his assistant secretary, Margaux “Mocha” Uson, on the task of disseminating information on federalism. “I confronted spokesman Generoso today, I told him he needs to disengage [himself from Uson]because he did not ask permission from the PCOO. He […]
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Charter-change (Cha-cha) is dead, thanks to Asec. Mocha.
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Read moreA “sneak preview” of a federalism campaign video by Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson and a fellow Duterte supporter has incurred the ire of netizens but which Uson claimed was “edited to draw the attention of people away from the importance of the issue.” The Facebook post by the parody page “Malacañang Events and Catering […]
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Using the power and reach of social media, Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson said she would campaign for a shift to a federal form of government down to the masses.
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Former president Benigno Aquino III said he hopes that Congress, now under his predecessor Speaker Gloria Arroyo, will not resort to the speedy passage of the proposed Charter change (Cha-cha) despite having only limited time until the end of the 17th Congress.
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Read moreSPEAKER Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo supports separate voting between the Senate and House of Representatives for the approval of a new federal constitution. “There is no timeline but we should move forward from the time when I was President. I ended my presidency with the same stalemate. You [could]remember we have the same stalemate on voting separately […]
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