There will be no Constitutional Convention (ConCon) but Congress will just convene as a Constituent Assembly (ConAss) to revise the 1987 Constitution to allow for the shift from the highly centralized Presidential system to a federal form of government | MindaNews
Read more: Alvarez: ConAss to revise 1987 Constitution, not ConCon
Rival Muslim rebel factions will come together to craft a new law to implement a two-year-old agreement to end four decades of fighting in the south under a peace roadmap that was approved by President Rodrigo Duterte, his peace adviser said | ABS-CBN News
Read more: Rival Muslim rebel groups to craft new peace law: Dureza
Presidential peace adviser Jesus Dureza on Thursday welcomed as “positive” the convergence of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Moro National Liberation Front in putting closure to the Mindanao conflict | Philippine Star
Here's the transcript of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte's first SONA delivered at the Batasang Pambansa Complex, Quezon City on July 25, 2016.
Read more: FULL TEXT: President Duterte's First State of the Nation Address
Top officials of the ARMM and mayors of three pilot towns in Sulu have signed a Memorandum of Agreement for the implementation of the “Apat Dapat” program, a poverty-alleviation initiative focusing on the region’s 600 poorest families | Manila Bulletin