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Malacañang on Wednesday stressed that the proposed shift to federalism would not adversely affect the economy, after the country’s socioe..

The Senate needs a united stand against moves that it and the House of Representatives vote jointly on a report of a Malacanang-created Consultative C..

Federalism could mean more taxes and more borrowings or both, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Wednesday as he stressed that charter..

THE draft charter of the Consultative Commission (ConCom) is a “failure” and shifting to a federal government would cost P55 billion and m..

The shift to federalism will cost the government billions, an economics expert warned Tuesday. Rosario Manasan, a senior research fellow at the Phili..

I have been asked what I thought of the recent trust and satisfaction surveys of Pulse Asia and Social Weather Stations (SWS). Being from Mindanao, I&..

THE country will have “some gains, some losses” in the assignment of taxing powers under the proposed draft federal constitution of the Pr..

The creation of a federal government is estimated to cost P55 billion and would mean more taxes from Filipino citizens, Dr. Rosario Manasan of the Phi..

The business press gave a great deal of importance to a recent news that the Philippine economy will soon achieve upper middle-income status in 2019. ..

Two opposition lawmakers on Friday (July 13) questioned the accuracy behind latest survey released by Pulse Asia, which showed President Rodrigo Duter..

Recipients of unconditional cash transfers (UCT) were found to really spend most of the support funds for food and education-related expenses especial..

THE emergency unconditional cash transfer (UCT) program of the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) showed positive results on Yolanda victim..

If it ain’t broke, why fix it? This is a question some pundits posed when President Duterte started tinkering with the Constitution of the Repub..

IF THE push for federalism is at core a variant of decentralization, the nation's experience with the Local Government Code that passed in 1991 is an ..

Proposed Philippine constitution would replace central with federal rule, but would also potentially allow Duterte to dodge current legal term limits ..