House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Monday, Feb. 20, lauded Filipino ace surfer Rogelio “JayR” Esquivel, Jr. for bringing “pride and honor” to the country and showing that Filipinos “can compete against the best in the world” when he won in an international surfing competition in January....
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who served as his country’s president from 2001 to 2008, recently died in Dubai where he had been living in self-imposed exile since 2016. He was the first Pakistani head of state to visit...
If an earthquake like the one that hit Turkiye and Syria suffered last week should strike the Philippines, is the government prepared to respond? This is the question that House Speaker Martin Romualdez intends to answer as he plans to summon all disaster agencies and first responder units to find...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House More than 23,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands injured following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria last Monday. Two Filipinos were among those who died in Türkiye. Reports say that the Feb. 6...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. We were delighted to see our old friend and fellow Pangasinense, the US-based Roger Oriel, who owns and publishes the popular Asian Journal newspaper, with circulation in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New York City, and New...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Senior Undersecretary Emil Sadain has presented the Philippines' “build back better’’ approach in the planning for infrastructure projects at the International Recovery Forum (IRF) 2023 in Kobe, Japan. In a statement released on Tuesday, Jan. 31,...
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 Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. We are saddened by the continuing economic crisis in Lebanon, which the World Bank has earlier described as “the most devastating multi-pronged crisis in its modern history.” The ongoing political deadlock in parliament has the...
Saying that the 19th Congress will focus primarily on alleviating poverty among millions of Filipinos, Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Elizaldy Co lauded the allocation for social benefits included in the 2023 national budget. Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Photo from Rep. Co’s Facebook page) He...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez administered on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 11 the oath of office to Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Commissioner Faydah Dumarpa. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and CHR Commissioner Faydah Dumarpa (Speaker's office) A photo released by the Speaker's office...
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (AFP/File) WASHINGTON, United States -- Divisive new Speaker Kevin McCarthy jumped the first hurdle in his leadership of the chaotic US House of Representatives Monday as lawmakers approved a rules package determining how his Republicans will govern. The vote on the blueprint...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. We joined the 1.36 billion Roman Catholics around the world in mourning the passing of the 95-year-old Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who was laid to rest inside the Vatican City grounds three days ago. Considered as one of the greatest...
