Fifty parent leaders and 10 staff of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) have undergone training from the United States (US) Peace Corps on parenting and caregiving amid the pandemic, the US Embassy in the Philippines said. Parents...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Erwin Garcia urged on Monday, April 18 the people of the Province of Quezon to maintain peace in their area for the upcoming May 2022 elections. Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia (Photo courtesy of Comelec FB) Garcia made the statement...
President Duterte confessed that he is praying that the next administration will be better than his in all aspects, particularly in talking peace with the communists and resolving the country's problems with illegal drugs. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House In the course of our modest ventures into political party and parliamentary diplomacy in Asia and the international community, we consistently spoke about the need to develop a system of ideas and ideals that will make globalization work...
Re-electionist Senator Leila De Lima on Thursday called on Filipinos to take the time to reflect and pray for justice and peace to happen in the country and abroad. De Lima made the call in her Lenten message this Holy Week, saying this solemn occasion should be a time for people to renew and...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Indeed, the ongoing electoral campaign is one of the most divisive and vicious in our nation’s political history. More important than the raging political battle, however, is the governance of our country for the next six years, which...
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....
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, March 31, went around Lanao del Norte carrying a message of maintaining the peace and order in Lanao del Norte because this will pave the way for more investments and jobs. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau) Robredo began...
Presidential candidate Senator Manny Pacquiao said he will create a special​ panel ​that would ensure ​a peaceful and dignified resolution of the​ country's dispute with China over the​ West Philippine ​S​ea​ (WPS)​ should he win in the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said more areas will soon also have peace covenants for the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said the areas set to have peace covenants are Zamboanga City, Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, General Santos City, Maguindanao, and Cotabato...
Commissioner Ronald L. Adamat of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) was awarded the “Mahatma MK Gandhi Prize for Non-Violent Peace” making him the first-ever Filipino to receive such an award. (Image courtesy of CHED) The award was conferred on Adamat by Dr. Prasana Kumar Patsani,...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia and Ukraine will restart face-to-face peace negotiations on Monday, amid warnings that the situation in the besieged city of Mariupol was now "catastrophic". President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the resumption of over-the-table talks, saying they must bring peace "without...
