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 ...

Former Supreme Court chief justice Reynato Puno wants a 'hybrid' constitutional convention so that its members will not only be elected delegates, but also experts appointed by government MANILA, ...

MANILA, Philippines - Chief Justice Reynato Puno will launch a moral force movement on May 8 to address what he called the problem of moral leadership that could nullify the gains of the 2010 ...

Chief Justice Reynato Puno yesterday shielded the Supreme Court from politics as he rejected an offer by the Kilusang Makabansang Ekonomiya (KME) to head a transition government amid mounting calls ...

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 ...

Former Supreme Court chief justice Reynato Puno reminds congressmen that this route is not one of the amendments modes spelled out in the Constitution MANILA, Philippines – Former chief justice ...