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Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III expects that President Rodrigo Duterte will discuss about his plans on fedralism in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday (July 24). The governor also expects that Duterte will ask…
A SHIFT to federalism can only spell disaster for the Philippines, possibly stoking “hyperinflation” and ceding more powers than what many local government units (LGUs) are ready to handle, top economists from the University of Asia and…
BISHOPS from Negros Island have appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte and his allies not to rush the country’s shift to federalism, stressing that the true voice of the people should be reflected in the planned Charter change…
Cebuanos were divided on the issue of revising the 1987 Constitution but it made for a substantial discussion at the second Senate public hearing held in Cebu City on Thursday. Of the 15 resource speakers who were…
“We should make sure that federalism can bring progress and development especially in Mindanao and the Cordilleras and not chaos.” Ilocos Gov. Maria Imelda Josefa “Imee” R. Marcos gave this advice when asked about his take on…
The Duterte administration’s campaign to promote federalism in Cebu continued with the launching of its National Alliance of Movement for Federalism Inc. (NamFed) in the province’s sixth district yesterday. About 500 residents in the towns of Cordova…
A former congressman who is also a militant leader warned on Thursday that a road is now being paved for President Rodrigo Duterte’s “centralized power” as some government leaders floated the ideas of term extension and…
NAMFED LAUNCHED IN CEBU Local officials, community leaders and leaders of various groups convened in Cebu City on December 9 to launch the National Alliance of Movement for Federalism Inc. (NAMFed) for the Visayas, an alliance advocating…
Political turncoatism used to be a term associated with treacherous shift of loyalties, but over the past decades, the exercise has become standard practice in Philippine politics. Presidential election year in and year out, we bear witness…
Federalism is a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and a constituent political unit. In this case, the federal or national government is the central authority while the constituent political unit…
Barug Team Rama councilors approves of the postponement of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October. On Tuesday’s “Kapihan sa mga Konsehal,” the allies of former Mayor Michael Rama said they are in favor of the…
CEBU FORUM Officials from Malacañang and the Senate who are advocates of federalism will intensify their information campaign by holding more forums about the topic across the country as they believe that their plans to make a…
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