DAVAO CITY – Amid police assurance that the situation in Pikit, North Cotabato is still under control, the atmosphere of fear still reigns among residents. Many residents are still afraid of going out of their houses because they feel that they could be the next victim. Last week, two minors were...
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...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS I have heard this term countless times, and much more frequently recently in podcasts and vlogs. With all that has happened in this world in the past few years, and in a moment of introspecting, I decided to ponder upon this thought further. Much more so recently, I have...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor John Dalipe on Monday, Feb. 13, led the inauguration of this city’s mobile command center, a state-of-the-art van that can be deployed for rapid surveillance. ZAMBOANGA City’s state-of-art mobile command center was inaugurated on Monday, Feb. 13. (Zamboanga City LGU...
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...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has reiterated President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s stance that the Philippines is a "friend of all and enemy to none" amid the country's apparent security and defense talks with Japan. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong"...
TOKYO, Japan — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has stressed the importance of the support given by the Japanese government to the Philippines in undertaking the peace process, saying Filipinos are able to live a good life because of it. Malacañang photo Marcos said this during a...
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...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Southeast Asian ministers at the end of two-day talks in Indonesia on Saturday urged Myanmar's junta to implement a five-point peace plan agreed two years ago to create a path towards ending the country's political crisis. Indonesia -- Southeast Asia's biggest economy -- is...
In line with its efforts to make the K to 12 curriculum relevant in producing job-ready, active, and responsible citizens, the Department of Education (DepEd) will priories the improvement of literacy and numeracy programs as well as the integration of “peace competencies” in the revised K to...
BAGUIO CITY – The grand opening of the Panagbenga Festival here on Wednesday, Feb. 1, was generally peaceful, police said. POLICE line up on Session Road in Baguio City to secure the grand opening parade of the Panagbenga Festival on Feb. 1. (Photo via Zaldy Comanda) City police chief Col....
Consul General Ishikawa Yoshihisa, of the Japan Consul General Office in Davao, committed to support the military’s peacekeeping initiatives in Mindanao. Photo: Western Mindanao Command / WestMinCom Ishikawa made the pledge when he visited the headquarters of the Western Mindanao Command...
