PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. We are delighted that after two years of renovation, the Home Economics building of our old school, the West Central Elementary School (formerly Dagupan Elementary School) in Dagupan City, which served as the brief headquarters of...
Peace Corps Philippines, an agency and volunteer program run by the United States government, has signed a contract to independently evaluate the impact of the organization’s unique “Response Program” as it prepares for the resumption of its activities in a post-COVID-19 pandemic setting....
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. de Venecia Jr. The United Nations general assembly commenced its 76th session last Sept. 14, amid the still raging COVID-19 pandemic, which has infected some 226 million people and claimed more than 4.6 million human lives worldwide, and increasing,...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Japanese Prime Minister Yushihide Suga announced that he was not seeking election as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which means that he will step down as Japan’s premier when his term as LDP leader ends on September 30 this year....
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Now that the Taliban have taken over the reins of government in Afghanistan, they now face their more difficult battle, that of governing and rebuilding their war-torn country. The future of some 38 million Afghans are now in the hands of...
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said that the Duterte administration has attained various notable achievements in terms of ensuring peace and order in the country, particularly the establishment of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Presidential Communications...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Chaos, fear, and uncertainty overwhelmed the Afghan people, following the withdrawal of the US forces from Afghanistan, terminating its mission in the country which lasted 20 years. In just a few weeks since the pullout of American troops,...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Some international observers expressed fears that the election of Ebrahim Raisi, an ultraconservative judiciary chief, as president of Iran would usher in a period of uneasy relations between Iran and the United States. Raisi, who...
More than 15 women's organizations expressed support for Gabriela partylist amid calls for the cancellation of registration of the progressive group. (Photo from Gabriela Partylist Facebook) In a joint statement, Girls For Peace lamented the disqualification case against Gabriela Women's Party,...
Lt. Gen. Jose Faustino Jr., chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), condemned Thursday, Aug. 12, the New People's Army (NPA) for the brutal execution of a Philippine Army (PA) peace and development officer in Tapaz, Capiz. Corporal Frederic Villasis, a Philippine Army peace and...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Perhaps not too many people know that before we became a pioneering businessman in the Middle East and North Africa in the 1970s until the early 1980s and then, with God’s blessing, a five-time Speaker of the House of Representatives, we...
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has endorsed the petition seeking the elevation and recognition of the National Shrine of Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in Antipolo as International Shrine. The National Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in Antipolo City. DIOCESE...
