PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. (Remarks at the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) Special Workshop on Climate Change with the theme: ‘The Role of Political Parties in Asia to Achieve Net Zero’ on Dec. 8, 2021) His Excellency former UN...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House As the world’s economic powers gathered in Rome for the G-20 Summit, Iran announced that it would resume nuclear talks in Vienna before the end of this month. Tehran’s announcement is a welcome development as it is a significant step...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Our brother Oscar was 13 and we were 9 years old when we lost our dearest, loving 45-year-old mother Casimira to tuberculosis in September 1945, which left us with vast emptiness for a long time. Growing up in our hometown Dagupan, Oscar...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House We join the American people in mourning the passing of a distinguished soldier and remarkable statesman, General Colin Powell. General Powell served as national security adviser during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, chairman of the Joint...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Now that the Taliban have taken over the reins of government in Afghanistan, they now face their more difficult battle, that of governing and rebuilding their war-torn country. The future of some 38 million Afghans are now in the hands of...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House (Remarks delivered by Former House Speaker Jose de Venecia at the 75 th Anniversary of the National Council of Women of the Philippines (NCWP) on June 4, 2021.) To the officers and members of the National Council of Women of the...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House The United States and other world powers as well as the United Nations have called for “de-escalation” of deadly confrontation between the Israeli military and Palestinian forces in a bid to avoid a “full-scale war” between the two...
PEACE-MAKER (Remarks of Former Speaker Atty. Jose de Venecia Jr., at the Special Video Conference of the ICAPP Asian Cultural Council (ACC), March 19, 2021) Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Every aspect of our ordinary life is being challenged: Our security by extremist...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House As of this writing, 600,000 doses of Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccines donated by China are scheduled to arrive in Manila today, as announced by Malacañang a few days ago. With the availability of the vaccines, our government can already kick...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House (Remarks delivered at the Special Video Conference of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties Women’s Wing, February 24, 2021, Wednesday.) Iconic women leaders in global politics In recent years, many iconic women...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House The “Four Way Test,” of what we Rotarians think, say, or do in the Rotary Creed include the following: First: “Is it the Truth?” Second: “Is it Fair to All Concerned?” Third: “Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendship?”...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House The UN, US, G-7, and many other countries and international organizations expressed either condemnation or grave concern over the military takeover in Myanmar and the detention of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint,...