The House Committee on Youth and Sports Development resolved to reverse the alarming incidence of adolescent pregnancy in the country when it approved today the substitute bill on the “Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Act”, principally authored by Rep. Edcel C. Lagman.
The positioning and contest for the 2028 presidential elections have begun even before the 2025 mid-term elections.
Only the Congress can grant legislative charters to operationalize Government Owned and Controlled Corporations (GOCCS), amend their charters, or abolish or merge GOCCs.
While it is understandable that President Marcos Jr. would downplay the atrocities and pillage during the Marcos Sr. era, it is a grossly mistaken notion that his presidential victory cleansed or condoned his father’s dictatorial misrule.
The opposition of six big business groups led by the Makati Business Club to charter change echoes the position of independent-minded members of the House of Representatives against a Constitutional Convention to amend the 1987 Constitution.
