The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its field office in Northern Mindanao (Region 10), has formed the Regional Technical Working Group (TWG) for the Implementation of Aftercare, Reintegration, and Transformation Support for Recovering Drug Dependents. Under a memorandum...
The world reeled from the shock of the news of the assassination, and after a few hours, the passing of former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He was 67. It was indeed a shock as gun violence is rare in Japan and the manner the crime was done was an aberration in a society that reveres its elders....
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar On a gloomy day, noon of June 30, 2022, Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. became president of the Republic of the Philippines. In simple but refined ceremonies, Bongbong Marcos took his oath of office before Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexander...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina Last month’s decision by the US Supreme Court to overturn the Roe v. Wade landmark ruling on abortion rights triggered a flurry of protests more furious than when an initial draft of a majority decision was leaked earlier. The leaked draft was...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House As part of our continuing effort to promote dialogue, understanding and cooperation in Asia and the international community, we in the International Conference of Asian Political Parties will conduct this year special conferences...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Former Camarines Sur Rep. and Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya Jr. was found dead in his bedroom in his house in Naga City, Thursday, June 30. Police said that the body of Andaya was discovered by his personal assistant, John Mark Patrick L. Señar, with a bullet wound to the...
Six former rebels received P65,000 financial assistance each under the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP), a flagship program of the Duterte administration’s peace and order agenda, according to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)-Aurora province....
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar The Philippine Vice President has traditionally been viewed as a mere backup, a spare tire, to the President. Unlike in the United States where the VP serves as the president of the Senate and presides over the Senate's daily proceedings, the...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina Food, along with air and water, is undoubtedly the most essential human need. So essential that it’s among the most basic in the Hierarchy of Needs of renowned psychologist Abraham Maslow. With food being a basic necessity, it isn’t surprising if...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House The triumphant uprisings in history demonstrate how ordinary citizens courageously claimed their civil liberties and demanded the right to decide their own destinies. ‘People Power’ liberations have in recent times taken place in other...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina Father’s Day last Sunday was especially meaningful for me and other members of the Lina clan as we reminisced about my late father and namesake who instilled love of country in all his 12 children. It was the patriotism that he inspired in us that...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House As the Philippines and the whole world celebrate Father’s Day today, we wish to pay tribute to our father, the late Jose Ravago de Venecia Sr. After World War II, our father served as judge at large for the entire Bicol region, appointed...
