PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Since March this year, the world has been going through the gravest health and economic crisis in 100 years due to COVID-19. As of this writing three days ago, it has infected 72,556,942 people and claimed 1,637,155 lives worldwide. The US...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar There is no other way to put it. 2020 has been a horrendous year. We started the year with the rumblings of Taal Volcano which dislocated families and damaged houses and disrupted livelihood. Our country has been devastated by a number of...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina Up to the last moment of his life, assassinated Los Baños Mayor Caesar P. Perez knew he was well-loved by common folks. He didn’t seem security-conscious as the constant outpouring of love from his constituents who admired him as a devoted public...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay Recently, I was able to catch a portion of a talk show on cable television where the guest showed no compunction about his reckless behavior or reined in his self-praise. It was a wanton display of arrogance at a time when we should be...
Sec. MarkVillar and his daughter Emma performs "Can't Help Falling In Love." Public Works and Highway Secretary Mark Villar posted on Facebook a video of him playing “Can’t Help Falling In Love” by Elvis Presley with his saxophone while his daughter Emma sings the song. It was a...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House News reports have it that the question/debate surrounding the actual height of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, has finally been resolved. It is 8,848.86 meters or 29,032 feet, the Nepali government announced a few days ago. We...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay Government officials should learn to speak with one voice. This is a basic communication principle that should have been in place nine months ago, when government, after much reluctance, acknowledged the existence of a health crisis. The number...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar We are all waiting for that magic formula, the vaccine that would finally put an end to the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed and infected millions, disrupted our lives, halted our economies, and made our world come to a halt. The...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House The killing last of week of Iran’s top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in the country’s capital Tehran has added fuel to the fire of tensions in the already precarious situation in the Middle East. We hope Iran, Israel, which is...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar Nelson Mandela, revolutionary, political leader, and former president of South Africa, once said: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” And I absolutely agree. I think that education is our most...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina The one and only way to economic recovery for the Philippines is through government spending. This basic truth was pointed out by Marikina Rep. Stella Luz A. Quimbo, one of the most brilliant minds in Congress, who guested in my Teleradyo program Sagot...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay The secretary of justice, asked to comment about the resurgence of extra-judicial killings with lawyers as victims, admitted having difficulty in investigating and prosecuting the killers and the masterminds. He described the killings as...
