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Meeting with Mar Roxas

By FROM A DISTANCE | By Carmen N. Pedrosa | November 14, 2015 - 9:00am

The LP presidential candidate, Mar Roxas, held a roundtable discussion with the staffers of the Philippine STAR last Monday, Nov. 9. I arrived late because of the traffic. As I did previously to Vice President Binay,...

Opinion

Ex-CJ Puno seeks inclusion of referendum in 2016 polls

By Judy Flores Partlow | August 26, 2015 - 10:00am

Former Chief Justice Reynato Puno had expressed optimism for a referendum to be included in next year’s elections, calling for a charter change thru a constitutional convention.

Freeman Region

FVR should come forward as a statesman

By FROM A DISTANCE | By Carmen N. Pedrosa | February 9, 2014 - 12:00am

With President Aquino putting his foot down on any attempts for constitutional reform while some lawmakers are pushing for it, one wonders how the government can continue running the country with debilitating s...

Opinion

How to remove a tyrannous president

By FROM A DISTANCE | By Carmen N. Pedrosa | December 15, 2013 - 12:00am

Constitutional reform advocates have pointed to the superiority of parliamentary government from a presidential system.

Opinion

Palace not too keen on people's initiative vs pork barrel

By Louis Bacani | October 29, 2013 - 4:21pm

Malacañang seems to be not too supportive of the move to abolish the pork barrel system through a people's initiative.

Headlines

MWSS forms task force to save watersheds

February 19, 2012 - 12:00am

Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) administrator Gerardo Esquivel said Thursday he created a task force to create the legal, intellectual, operational and administrative framework for rehabilitating...

Metro

Centrist perspective tackled in forum

By Maria Eleanor E. Valeros | December 3, 2011 - 12:00am

Filipinos are known for always seeing the brighter side of the picture.

Cebu News

Senate hearings on Cha-cha to start Feb. 17

By Marvin Sy | February 5, 2011 - 12:00am

Former Chief Justice Reynato Puno has confirmed that he would be a resource person when the Senate starts public hearings on the proposals to amend the Constitution on Feb. 17.

Headlines

Cha-cha

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | January 18, 2011 - 12:00am

On anything that remotely resembles work, Malacañang’s default response appears to be aversion.

Opinion

Debate the whys, hows of Cha-cha

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | January 14, 2011 - 12:00am

Huh, is this how long it takes to evaluate a criminal complaint?

Opinion