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                    [Summary] => Yesterday I was honored to have Bohol Governor Arthur C. Yap for my second Zoom interview on my TV talkshow Straight from the Sky.
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A former member of the Preparatory Commission on Constitutional Reforms has  expressed support to House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.'s Resolution of Both Houses no. 1, which seeks to amend certain economic provisioins of the 1987 Constitution.

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                    [Title] => Vice guvs' league takes neutral stand on Cha-Cha
                    [Summary] => The League of Vice Governors of the Philippines agreed to take a neutral stand on the move to change the 1987 Constitution, saying it would rather conduct an information drive to educate the people on the pros and cons in the shift of form of government from presidential to parliamentary.


League president and Bohol Vice Governor Julius Caesar Herrera believes that proper education will guide the people in coming up with sound decisions come plebiscite time.


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                    [Title] => Camanava for parliamentary, unicameral, federal state
                    [Summary] => The people of Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas and Valenzuela (Camanava), north of Metro Manila, yesterday voted for a shift to a parliamentary, unicameral and federal system of government.


Presidential Consultative Commission on Constitutional Reforms chairman Jose Abueva said some 650 representatives of local government units, civil society and the business sector overwhelmingly voted for the change in the assembly during the last leg of the con-com’s Metro Manila run held at the Bulwagang Katipunan of Caloocan City Hall.


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                    [Title] => Change
                    [Summary] => Along with two other columnists from this paper, I have accepted the invitation to be a member of the Consultative Commission for Charter Change. I believe this to be the patriotic thing to do.


I hope my training as a political scientist, my experience in government and my many years as an advocate of economic policy reform will be of some value to the great work the Commission must do within a short time frame.


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                    [AuthorName] => Alex Magno
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                    [Title] => Principles are for people who can afford it
                    [Summary] => The late sugar-baron Don Alfredo "Peding" Montelibano once told us, "Principles are for people who can afford it." What that could actually mean is people in the lower classes of society just want to make a decent living. They don’t really care much about abstractions such as politics and constitutional changes. As an example – a friend’s driver told him he couldn’t care less about impeachment or resignation because what was important is to earn a living so he could afford to feed, clothe, and educate his five children.
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                    [Title] => Arroyo adviser named for Charter amendments
                    [Summary] => President Arroyo has named former Congress secretary-general Camilo Sabio as her adviser on constitutional reforms to jumpstart the consultation process on proposed amendments to the 1987 Constitution.


Sabio, who the President earlier appointed as convenor of the National Anti-Poverty Commission, now holds a Cabinet rank as head of the Office of Presidential Adviser for Constitutional Reforms (OPACR), created under Executive Order 294, a copy of which was obtained by The STAR yesterday.


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                    [Title] => Estrada ready to drop Concord - in 2001
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- President Estrada will finally drop his administration's
bid to amend the Charter if he fails to set in motion his Constitutional
Correction for Development (Concord) initiative by May next year.

Speaking at a thanks- giving dinner he hosted here Saturday after a
much-applauded speech at the 10th United Nations Conference on Trade and
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                    [Title] => Former solon eyed as SEC chief if...
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President Estrada said yesterday he is eyeing former Negros Oriental Rep.
Margarito Teves as replacement for embattled Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) Chairman Perfecto Yasay Jr.

The President conceded, however, that Teves' appointment hinges on Yasay's
voluntary resignation, which is quite unlikely.

Mr.
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                    [Title] => Improving ratings revive Concord
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Apparently buoyed by his improving poll ratings, President Estrada said
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(Concord).

The President earlier announced he was deferring Concord, a move perceived as
an attempt to boost his slipping popularity.

However, his net satisfaction rating has reportedly gone up  to 28 percent in
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Mr.
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League president and Bohol Vice Governor Julius Caesar Herrera believes that proper education will guide the people in coming up with sound decisions come plebiscite time.


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Presidential Consultative Commission on Constitutional Reforms chairman Jose Abueva said some 650 representatives of local government units, civil society and the business sector overwhelmingly voted for the change in the assembly during the last leg of the con-com’s Metro Manila run held at the Bulwagang Katipunan of Caloocan City Hall.


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I hope my training as a political scientist, my experience in government and my many years as an advocate of economic policy reform will be of some value to the great work the Commission must do within a short time frame.


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Sabio, who the President earlier appointed as convenor of the National Anti-Poverty Commission, now holds a Cabinet rank as head of the Office of Presidential Adviser for Constitutional Reforms (OPACR), created under Executive Order 294, a copy of which was obtained by The STAR yesterday.


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Correction for Development (Concord) initiative by May next year.

Speaking at a thanks- giving dinner he hosted here Saturday after a
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The President conceded, however, that Teves' appointment hinges on Yasay's
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Mr.
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The President earlier announced he was deferring Concord, a move perceived as
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Mr.
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