PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House In February, 2010, in Seoul, we proposed to then Foreign Minister Yu MyungHwan the establishment in Manila of a Philippines-South Korea University, following our much earlier discussions with then Korean Ambassador in Manila, HE Choi...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar It’s going to be a different holiday season this year. Countries around the world are grappling with a dilemma of whether to relax pandemic restrictions to allow people to celebrate the holidays. On one hand, there is fear that relaxing...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay A threat to withhold funding for the University of the Philippines (UP) has been made apparently in response to a call for an “academic strike.” It appears irrelevant that the call was originally made not by UP by its affluent neighbor...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina There’s both good and bad news concerning the much-awaited vaccine that is widely seen as humanity’s only way out of this crippling coronavirus pandemic. But let’s discuss the good news first. It’s certainly an “incredible milestone for...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House We sincerely thank God that at almost 84, the Lord has given us fair health and some residual energy. Before the onslaught of the global Coronavirus pandemic, which has harshly disrupted and claimed more than a million lives worldwide, we...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar As the nation continues to grapple with a pandemic that has affected more than 406,000 Filipinos and has claimed the lives of more than 7,700, a cavalcade of typhoons and severe tropical storms have battered our country in a span of weeks....
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina The trail of death and devastation in the aftermath of typhoons Ulysses, Quinta, and Rolly, the world’s strongest so far in 2020, has sparked calls for more decisive government action in coping with the crisis. “The glorification of resilience must...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay As I write this column, Typhoon Ulysses has transformed Cagayan and Isabela, the home province of my mother, into an ocean of tears and tragedy. Prior to its arrival, the typhoon ravaged towns and cities already reeling from the devastation...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Elected as one of the youngest US senators in 1972 at the age of 29, Delaware’s favourite son seems to be the would-be oldest-elected president of the United States, at 77. We do not wish to speak yet with finality on Biden’s victory...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar Major TV networks in the US have projected that former Vice President Joseph Biden will become the 46th president of the United States. And while President Donald Trump has so far refused to concede as he exhausts legal remedies, world...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay A devastating super-typhoon ravaged the country last week, narrowly sparing Metro Manila but leaving a wake of destruction in large parts of Bicol. Not only did it displace thousands of families, it also battered the region’s agricultural...
Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina FINDING ANSWERS For Joe Biden who will lead the United States as its 46th president starting January 20, the ups and downs of life have been in extremes. The exhilarating thrill of his political victories matched with unspeakable sorrow of personal tragedies prompted...
