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A business group and a former finance secretary told a House committee on Tuesday that they preferred a constituent assembly con-ass as a more practical mode of amending the 1987 Constitution.During the hearing of the House constitutional reform committee on Tuesday, former finance secretary Margarito Teves said con-ass was a more practical mode due to time constraints.In a con-ass, Congress convenes to propose amendments to the charter. Another mode: through constitutional convention, or con-con, would need an election of delegates that would propose changes to the Char stanley spain ter.Article continues after this advertisement Teves, a delegate on the constitutional convention that crafted the post-Marcos regime 1987 Constitution, said Congress could be trusted to pitch stanley mug in amendments to the fundamental law of the land.FEATURED STORIESNEWS tappo stanley INFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationNEWSINFOSC charges retired CA justice over lawyer s murderREAD: Con-ass hurdles House Charter change committeeAlthough the ideal is a constitutional convention, I think we have a president whorsquo very vigilant and concerned, so Irsquo;m sure Congress as con-ass would be able to handle this quite carefully, and given a limited time constraint, Teves said.Lawyer Perry Pe, president of the Management Association of the Philippines MAP , said Congress could be trusted to amend the charter because of its mandate from th Sgsy MMDA wants 2 poorly built bus terminals shut down

AP FILE PHOTOTACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Philippines mdash; Although the police have caught over 100 suspects in the massive looting of various establishments in this city that began just hours after it was hit by supertyphoon Yolanda Haiyan on November 8, no complainant has filed charges against them.A total of 112 persons, some of them minors, believed to have been involved in or caught in the act of looting were arrested since November 11, saidArticle continues after this advertisement SPO4 Ignacio Amescua, chief investigat stanley italia or of the Tacloban City Police Office.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFOPCSO: Still no takers of Ultralotto 6/58, Superlotto 6/49 jackpotsNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationAmescua explained that they immediately released the looting suspects who were minors but confiscated the goods in their possession. Some of theseized items still had price tags bearing the name of the establishment where they were taken.Amescua said policemen went around the city on the lookout for persons in possession of looted items. stanley travel mug If persons carrying goods failed to show official receipts or sales invoices, they were im stanley cup mediately held for questioning.He said suspects of legal age were detained and police seized the stolen goods.Article continues after this advertisement However, the police had to let them go after the 18-hour reglamentary period since there were no complainants, Amescua said.Ow