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PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Tensions in the South China Sea have once again escalated in the midst of the recent heated exchanges between the United States and China. The two countries recently conducted their respective military exercises in the South China Sea. It...

PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Following Malacanang’s renewed calls for unity and cooperation in the midst of continuing battle against the coronavirus, perhaps President Duterte may consider establishing some sort of a “Government of National Unity” by enlisting...

PEACE-MAKER Russia’s discovery of a COVID-19 vaccine seems to provide light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. President Vladimir Putin has announced that the Russian-developed vaccine offers “sustainable immunity” against the coronavirus. He revealed that it was even administered on his...

PEACE-MAKER As of last month, June, both the San Miguel Corporation (SMC), of which he is president and COO, and his personal pandemic-related donations to the medical sector and hard-hit communities have amounted to a staggering P1.25 billion, including medical equipment, food products, alcohol,...

PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House In the last days of 2018 and in the New Year, we witnessed in media Japan’s well-loved Emperor Akihito, a friend of the Filipino people, deliver his final New Year’s address to the Japanese people before his scheduled abdication in a...