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The basic law of the land must change with the times. Framers of the post-EDSA “Freedom Constitution” recognized this and included provisions for amending or rewriting the Charter.

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Think about it: if the disqualification cases against Sen. Grace Poe had gone straight to the Supreme Court last year, everything would have been settled with finality by now.

[DatePublished] => 2016-02-04 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1511353 [Title] => On “necro politics” the morbid Filipino way [Summary] =>

Perhaps, it is only in the Philippines that death in the family makes a very potent political capital.

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We are now in the first week of Lent, and it is time to remind our readers to spend some time to pray, pray, and pray for our country and offer some kind of sacrifice or mortification for our sins, especially the sins of omission and hope for the conversion of sinners.

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Ferdinand Marcos was barred by the Constitution from seeking a third term.

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Why did Ferdinand Marcos declare martial law? Because the end of his second four-year term was approaching and the Constitution barred him from seeking a third term.

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Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno hailed the 1987 Constitution for giving the Supreme Court greater powers in dealing with sensitive matters like the controversial Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), which it declared unconstitutional late last year.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1270618 [AuthorName] => Dino Balabo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 844869 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Closing shop [Summary] =>

Upon assuming the presidency of a revolutionary government in February 1986, the first executive order issued by Corazon Aquino created the Presidential Commission on Good Government.

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It’s been 26 years since democracy was restored and media censorship by a dictatorial regime ended.

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Year in, year out, on this day, the “veterans” of the 1986 People Power Revolution heave a collective breath to bemoan and bewail the waning spirit of EDSA.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134856 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1249993 [AuthorName] => Dean Andy Bautista [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Undue haste
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The basic law of the land must change with the times. Framers of the post-EDSA “Freedom Constitution” recognized this and included provisions for amending or rewriting the Charter.

[DatePublished] => 2018-01-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/articles/editoon_2018-01-17_13-04-02486_thumbnail.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1549856 [Title] => Useless [Summary] =>

Think about it: if the disqualification cases against Sen. Grace Poe had gone straight to the Supreme Court last year, everything would have been settled with finality by now.

[DatePublished] => 2016-02-04 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1511353 [Title] => On “necro politics” the morbid Filipino way [Summary] =>

Perhaps, it is only in the Philippines that death in the family makes a very potent political capital.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-15 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136164 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1146528 [AuthorName] => Atty Josephus Jimenez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1427820 [Title] => We must pray for deliverance from evil [Summary] =>

We are now in the first week of Lent, and it is time to remind our readers to spend some time to pray, pray, and pray for our country and offer some kind of sacrifice or mortification for our sins, especially the sins of omission and hope for the conversion of sinners.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1371479 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Lessons from martial law [Summary] =>

Ferdinand Marcos was barred by the Constitution from seeking a third term.

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Why did Ferdinand Marcos declare martial law? Because the end of his second four-year term was approaching and the Constitution barred him from seeking a third term.

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Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno hailed the 1987 Constitution for giving the Supreme Court greater powers in dealing with sensitive matters like the controversial Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), which it declared unconstitutional late last year.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1270618 [AuthorName] => Dino Balabo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 844869 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Closing shop [Summary] =>

Upon assuming the presidency of a revolutionary government in February 1986, the first executive order issued by Corazon Aquino created the Presidential Commission on Good Government.

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It’s been 26 years since democracy was restored and media censorship by a dictatorial regime ended.

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Year in, year out, on this day, the “veterans” of the 1986 People Power Revolution heave a collective breath to bemoan and bewail the waning spirit of EDSA.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134856 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1249993 [AuthorName] => Dean Andy Bautista [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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