At the celebration of Constitution Day, Feb. 10 at the Manila Polo Club, retired Chief Justice Reynato Puno declared: “Democracy all over the world is on the decline, including democracy in the ...

Retired chief justice Reynato Puno on Wednesday called it a “cheap argument” that convening Congress into a constituent assembly (con-ass) is the better mode of amending the 1987 Constitution for ...

RETIRED Chief Justice Reynato Puno who, during his incumbency both as associate justice and later chief magistrate of the Supreme Court, penned many decisions — usually carefully and exhaustively ...

Puno said judicial protection “calls for courts not to be laid back in the protection of constitutional rights. This transformation is sanctioned by our 1987 Constitution … our courts, especially our ...

MANILA, Philippines — Using a “hybrid constitutional convention” — with both elected and appointed members — to amend the Constitution will allay the fear that members of political families will get ...