PEACE-MAKER In commemoration of the National Women’s Month, we wish to reprint here our column dated March 13, 2022. “In recent years, many iconic women leaders have emerged. Outstanding women in global politics include Margaret Thatcher in Britain; Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris, the first...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. In February 2011, demonstrations broke out in the Libyan City of Benghazi, which eventually led to the tragic death of Muammar Gaddafi in October the same year at his hometown of Sirte, located between the capital Tripoli and Benghazi....
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House The 11th General Assembly of the 350-member International Conference of Asian Political Parties, ICAPP, concluded yesterday in the historic city of Istanbul. We are most thankful to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the ruling Justice and...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Last year, our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) remitted a record-breaking $34 billion, or some 8.9 percent of our country’s gross domestic product (GDP). The hard-earned money our OFWs send to their families here at home also allow...
A close friend of the family. Former President Fidel V. Ramos (left) and Pangasinan 4th district Rep. Christopher de Venecia (Reuters, Lifestyle Asia) That's how Pangasinan 4th district Rep. Christopher "Toff" de Venecia, son of former House Speaker Jose de Venecia, described the late former...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House While sailing the waters of the South of France with wife Gina on board the private yacht of our good friends, Frenchman Christian Baverey and his Filipino wife Tetta Agustin, we reminisced our years as a young journalist in the late 1950s...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Our wife Gina and we mourn the passing of our dear friend, the respected columnist, veteran journalist, and bestselling book author Carmen “Chit” Navarro Pedrosa. We first met Chit Pedrosa in the early 1960s when we were both young...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House In 2012, we proposed the convening of a global summit against narcotics. We thought then of the need to unify and coordinate often conflicting national strategies, policies, and programs to counter the worldwide spread of narcotic drugs....
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House In recent years, many iconic women leaders have emerged. Outstanding women in global politics include Margaret Thatcher in Britain; Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris, the first Asian-African-American and first woman to be elected vice...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House As a proud Dagupeno, whose education was helped financed by bangus (milkfish) harvests, we miss our annual Bangus (milkfish) Festival here in our hometown Dagupan City, which was cancelled since the onslaught of the Covid-19 pandemic two...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House We remain hopeful that as long as Russia and the United States and its NATO allies are engaged in a dialogue, the dreaded war over Ukraine could be resolved without devastation and bloodshed. As a humble advocate of diplomacy and dialogue,...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Since its founding in 1900, the Manila Bulletin has been a chronicler of the events and developments that shape our country’s history. Manila Bulletin’s commitment to responsible, fair, and balanced news reporting is one of its many...
