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,...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House We, Dagupeños, are proud of the appointment by US President Joe Biden of Filipina-American Camille Calimlim-Touton as deputy commissioner of the US Bureau of Reclamation. Calimlim-Touton’s parents, Carl Calimlim and Marlene Bangsal, are...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House (Remarks at a virtual rally organized by the Universal Peace Federation with the theme “One Million People Praying for the Healing of the Nation and the World”) May I congratulate the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) led by our...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House (Remarks of former speaker Jose de Venecia, founding chairman of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), co-chairman, International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace (IAPP); and special envoy of President...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House (Remarks of former Speaker Jose de Venecia, c o-chairman of the International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace and special envoy of the Philippine President to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and for Intercultural...
PEACE-MAKER As though economic crisis, mass demonstrations since last year resulting in the resignation of then Prime Minister Saad Hariri, military conflict with neighbor Israel, and battling coronavirus were not enough, Lebanon is now besieged by another humanitarian crisis following a gigantic...
