COVID or Not, No Charter Change

Co-authored with Jayvy Gamboa. ‘The proposed charter change has long-reaching effects that may be irreversible and that may haunt us even after the pandemic has ceased’ Here we are again. The leaders of Congress such as House Speaker Lord Velasco and Senators Bong Go, Bato Dela Rosa, and Francis Tolentino have publicly expressed their interest …

Inside the August Halls, Lord Rises

Co-Authored with Jayvy Gamboa. “Today, history is made, once again, in these august halls.” This was how newly elected Speaker Lord Allan Velasco described his controversial rise to power on October 12, after weeks of power struggle with Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano on their supposed term-sharing agreement brokered by no less than President Rodrigo Duterte at the …