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Constitutional reforms from 30 years back

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | August 17, 2005 - 12:00am

Dr. Salvador Araneta possessed foresight. Anticipating as early as 1922 the formation of Commonwealth rule, he studied constitutional law in Harvard and thus came to the Constitutional Convention of 1934-35 with...

Opinion

Is the VAT law constitutional?

By A LAW EACH DAY (KEEPS TROUBLE AWAY) | By Jose C. Sison | June 3, 2005 - 12:00am

This question has unavoidably become contentious because Congress has delegated to the President the power to raise the VAT rate from 10 percent to 12 percent in January next year under certain specified conditions;...

Opinion