Last Wednesday I was at a hearing of the House committee on constitutional amendments, which had asked for data on “the quality of life of the Filipinos vis-à-vis the posted economic growth of the ...

OUT last weekend with friends at a cool new burger restaurant in Brooklyn, I was taken aback by this sentence, which appeared on the menu above the many different burgers below. "Burgers are served ...

MANILA, Philippines — The phrase “unless otherwise provided by law” which is used in proposals to amend the 1987 Constitution’s economic provisions should stay since it may be difficult to set things ...

Adding the phrase "unless otherwise provided by law" in particular economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution is the best solution to relax the restrictions set by the Charter, retired Supreme Court ...

I have been a staunch defender of the 1987 Philippine Constitution and believe in the justness and reasonableness of its provisions. I believe in its primacy, I believe in its power, I believe in its ...

Retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno on Monday told the lawmakers to just repeal the so-called restrictive economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution, instead of adding the phrase ...