VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Lawless violence grounds for martial law in draft charter
Aside from invasion and rebellion, the president may declare martial law citing lawless violence in the draft revised 1987 Constitution.
Aside from invasion and rebellion, the president may declare martial law citing lawless violence in the draft revised 1987 Constitution.
Members of a family who maintain or are “capable of maintaining political control” in a national, regional or local position are barred from running simultaneously or in succeeding elections.
In this third installment, VERA Files highlights the structure of an expanded Judicial Department and notes the new process of impeachment found in the Article on Accountability of Public Officers.
Based on this draft, VERA Files is publishing a series of fact sheets highlighting notable items that were changed, added or deleted in the 1987 Constitution.
What’s a quick way to make money from your website? “Kill” public personalities and celebrities.
The people’s voices in the story of the Marawi siege were hardly heard, drowned out by the sounds of war.
Barely a year old, the Department of Health’s quit line program has helped a number of citizens lead tobacco-free lives. It should aim for many more.
The political intimidation suffered by the seventy-one year old missionary worker Sister Patricia Fox at the hands of the Bureau of Immigration reveals two fundamental realities in the Philippines
The PNP says at least 33 people have been killed since the election period started.
More than 1.17 million candidates vie for positions in around 42,000 barangays.