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Rody OK with amending Charter if Marcos won’t get longer term VOL. XXXVIII • NO. 17 • 3 SECTIONS 12 PAGES • P20 • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2024
FORMER President Rodrigo Duterte said he is “okay” with amending economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution but not those that will extend the term and favor the current administration.
In a prayer rally in Cebu on Sunday night, Duterte said he will “operate with” Mr. Marcos fo “as long as [Charter change] would not be intended to benefit the incumbent [president].” Next page
House adopting RBH 6 ‘in toto’ To dispel doubts on push for economic ‘Cha-cha,’ says Speaker
By Maricel V. Cruz and Macon Ramos-Araneta
PBBM inks 2 laws, keeps seafarers bill for review
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HE House of Representatives would adopt the Senate’s Charter change measure – Resolution of Both Houses No. 6 – in full and without any changes to dispel doubts on the push to amend restrictive economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution, Speaker Martin Romualdez said Monday.
By Charles Dantes
PRESIDENT Marcos signed two new laws on Monday focusing on the welfare of Filipino elders and boosting local products. In a ceremony held at the Palace, President Marcos signed Republic Act (RA) 11981 or the Tatak Pinoy (Proudly Filipino) Next page
“To dispel doubts that the efforts of the House of Representatives in pushing for the amendment of the economic provisions of the Constitution are politically motivated, we are adopting all the three proposed amendments of the Senate version of Resolution of Both Houses 6, in toto,” Romualdez said. The Speaker gave the commitment during his opening remarks at the House Committee of the Whole’s first hearing on Resolution of Both Houses No. 7, which is almost an exact reproduction of RBH No. 6, introduced by Zubiri and Senators Loren Legarda and Juan Edgardo Angara.
CONGRESSIONAL COOPERATION.
House Speaker Martin Romualdez chats up Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri after joining President Marcos and a scrum of lawmakers (inset) during the signing of the bills granting benefits to Filipino octogenarians and nonagenarians or Republic Act No. 11982 and the Tatak Pinoy bill on Monday at Malacañang. PPA Photo
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AFP to support law enforcement in WPS; PCG warns of ‘trolls’ ‘Compromised’: PCG Facebook page hacked NEWS / A2
THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is ready to support law enforcement in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), but added Monday that it will practice maximum tolerance in “addressing
challenges from foreign forces.” Meanwhile, a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) official warned of an increase in pro-China trolls and influencers on social media as the Philippine government continues to
expose Beijing’s intrusive and coercive actions in the WPS. AFP spokesman Col. Francel Margareth Padilla said the military is eager to extend support to Next page
Small biz might go bankrupt with P350 wage hike—PCCI By Othel Campos and Macon Ramos-Araneta
EL NINO OMEN. Farmer Raymond dela Cruz, 33, checks a portion of his dry rice field along the Pulilan-Baliuag
Bypass Road in Bulacan on Monday. Dela Cruz said they harvested rice from the field last December and should have planted anew last January, but the water from irrigation just arrived this month – indicating a water shortage due to El Niño. Manny Palmero
DOJ: Interpol to issue ‘red notice’ vs. Teves, paving way for his arrest THE Department of Justice on Monday said the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) is expected to issue a “red notice” that would pave the way for the arrest of expelled Negros Oriental 3rd district congressman Arnolfo “Arnie” A. Teves Jr. Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla stressed a red notice asks countries “to seek the location and arrest of a person wanted by a legal jurisdiction or an international tribunal with a view to his/her extradition.”
Remulla said that Interpol had already issued a “blue notice” against Teves last Feb. 19. This requests countries “to locate, identify or obtain information on a person of interest in a criminal investigation.” “It will be converted into a red notice because he is undocumented already,” he said. Remulla made the statement even as he considered the Feb. 8 order of the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) Next page
BUSINESS groups and at least two senators have bucked a proposed P350 legislated minimum wage hike, warning this would be inflationary and could result in shuttered small businesses. The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) said the proposals for a legislated wage hike may trigger an unwarranted increase in inflation as businesses that deliver goods and services will be forced to expand their operating margins to recoup additional inputs to labor. Next page
#ANONGBALITA Libre mangarap: Remulla laughs off rumors he will be out as DOJ chief JUSTICE Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla has this to say amid persistent rumors he will be replaced: “Hindi naman bawal mangarap.” Remulla hinted there are some people who are keeping their eyes peeled for his position. “Alam mo naman society natin... maraming nangangarap, kasama sa Next page
Spotted together: Catriona Gray, Sam Milby bond amid breakup rumor MISS Universe 2018 Catriona Gray and her fiancé, actor Sam Milby, were seen together at an event amid rumors that they have broken up. Next page
Padilla sorry for wife’s IV drip session but Binay says investigation to continue AFTER initially laughing off his wife’s IV drip session inside his Senate office last week, Senator Robin Padilla on Monday apologized to his colleagues and Upper Chamber officials over the issue. Padilla formally apologized to Dr. Renato Sison, director of the Senate’s Medical and Dental Next page