PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House We see our shared task as that of spreading awareness on the threat of climate change and of generating preventive action against global warming. The battle against climate change - and its cause by human activity - is certainly growing...
The Roman Catholic Church marks the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God and World Day of Peace on the first day of every year. Mary Mother of God (Manila Bulletin file photo) The Holy Father Pope Francis traditionally celebrates a Holy Mass commemorating the two significant religious events at 10 a.m....
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Friday, Dec. 30, that it has meted penalties to 2,635 erring policemen in 2022 as its leadership vowed to continue its internal cleansing program "with greater focus" to purge the organization of undesirable personnel and sustain the notable decrease in the...
CORDILLERA region police chief Mafelino Bazar (left) during a visit to a police station in Benguet. (FB) CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Police Regional Office-Cordillera chief Brig. Gen. Mafelino Bazar on Tuesday, Dec. 26, said that Christmas in the region was generally peaceful. "We have not monitored...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office 8 said the Christmas celebration in Eastern Visayas this year was generally peaceful. Brig. Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, PRO 8 director, said no major untoward incident was recorded during the nine-dawn “Simbang Gabi” (dawn Mass) and Christmas Eve...
A Makabayan bloc member in the House of Representatives is prodding President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to reopen peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro made this call a...
CAMP Adduru, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Brig. Gen. Percival Rumbaoa, acting Police Regional Office 2 director, said Christmas in Region 2 or Cagayan Valley was generally peaceful. Rumbaoa urged police in the region to forge close ties with the community to effectively manage crime reporting and...
ILOILO CITY — Christmas in the Western Visayas region was generally peaceful as major crimes dropped by 71 percent. THE 605th Maneuver Company of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB-6) conduct gift-giving in Victorias City, Negros Occidental province. (605th MC/RMFB-6) “The decisive...
Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Wednesday, December 21 said the death of Jose Maria Sison should propel the government to renew its peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines and other remaining leftist groups. “This is the right time to resume peace talks locally. Local peace...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. Last Dec. 16, our family once again observed the death anniversary of our beloved daughter, Katrina Casimira, whom we lovingly called KC. She would have been 34 years old this year but God summoned her back to His home in 2004. We were...
CLARK, Pampanga – More than 15,000 Global Peace Advocates participated in the three-day Global Peace Festival 2022 from Dec. 1 to 3 here. GLOBAL Peace Advocates attend the Global Peace Festival in Clark, Pampanga. The event was organized by the Global Peace Foundation (GPF) – an international...
OSLO, Norway -- A trio from the three nations at the centre of the war in Ukraine accepted their Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, calling for an unabated fight against Russian leader Vladimir Putin's "insane and criminal" invasion. Jailed Belarusian rights advocate Ales Bialiatski, Russian...
