In “bad taste.” This was how Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), described the stalled signature drive seeking to amend the 1987 Constitution. In a virtual news conference on Friday, David, accompanied by other CBCP officials, cast doubts on the…
Energy consumer advocacy group Power for People Coalition (P4P) urged the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to deny the petitions filed by the Philippine Independent Power Producers Association (PIPPA) which sought the removal of penalties imposed against power firms. PIPPA has asked the ERC to relax the reliability benchmark rule, which…
SENATORS on Tuesday heard testimonies from barangay and other local officials confirming their worst fear: that the controversial People’s Initiative (PI) signature drive to amend the Constitution is not grassroots-originated but politician-driven, and attended by apparent bribery. A marathon hearing by the Senate Electoral Reforms Committee, chaired by Sen. Imee Marcos,…