President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.—the son and namesake of the Philippines’ late dictator—has floated the idea of holding a national vote to amend the Southeast Asian country’s constitution at ...

One of the grounds for impeachment under Section 2, Article XI of the 1987 Philippine Constitution is culpable violation of the Constitution. Lawyers, Law professors, authors, and justices of the ...

Ateneo de Manila School of Law professor and 1Sambayan co-convenor Atty. Howard Calleja on Tuesday said the 1987 Constitution ...

Political divisions are opening up over a plan to overhaul the 1987 Constitution to allow more foreign ownership in local industries. A push is afoot to amend the Constitution introduced after the ...

The autocratic spectacle of Duterte’s presidency should be a warning to the United States. Protesters hold a candlelight vigil demanding justice for drug war victims, after the arrest of former ...

The plan to amend certain economic provisions of the 1987 Philippine Constitution is proceeding, with President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. announcing his preference to hold a plebiscite during ...

The Philippine constitution says Filipinos are a sovereign people tasked with building a just and humane society. Quoting its preamble is more melodramatic. It says: “We, the sovereign Filipino people ...

The draft of a new Philippine constitution submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday would grant him new powers and a chance to extend his stay in office by up to eight years. Under the current ...

It’s all happening in the Philippines these days — a raging war against drugs, an ‘independent’ foreign policy that may fracture relations with the United States, and the prospect of hosting Miss ...