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Cha-cha is last chance for change — JDV

By Delon Porcalla | August 27, 2006 - 12:00am

Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. said yesterday that current efforts to amend the Constitution represent the country’s "last chance for change" to break the "deadlock in our democracy" and eliminate...

Headlines

Millennial thinking and a new leader for the Arab world

By FROM A DISTANCE | By Carmen N. Pedrosa | March 26, 2006 - 12:00am

BANGKOK – There are many reasons why countries flourish as there are many reasons why countries fail. If Charter change advocates have proposed a shift to parliamentary system, it is not because presidential...

Opinion

Dancing the Cha-cha

By SKETCHES | By Ana Marie Pamintuan | November 4, 2005 - 12:00am

Proponents of constitutional amendments, especially those pushing for a shift to a parliamentary system, should be careful about linking the initiative to the political fortunes of President Arroyo.

Opinion