PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. Last Nov. 28, our dear friend, Prince Norodom Ranariddh of Cambodia, succumbed to a lingering sickness. He was 77. Prince Ranarridh, son of the late legendary King Norodom Sihanouk and brother of the current King, Norodom Sihamoni, was...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar I have said it before and I will say it again — entrepreneurs will lead our country’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. During the recently concluded Villar SIPAG’s 10th OFW & Family Summit, Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M....
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina It’s a pandemic within a pandemic, and it’s an urgent issue that we ought to focus on especially because November is National Children’s Month. A recent World Bank (WB) study said that childhood under-nutrition, long considered to be a...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. News footage some two weeks ago showing the son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam, bearded and wearing the Libyan traditional brown robe and turban, caught our attention. The 49 year old Saif al-Islam was filing...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar Young people have always been referred to as the “future of the country.” And they are. At some point, those of us who have had the extraordinary opportunity to serve the country will fade away in the background, and our young Filipino...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina Yesterday’s front page news in the Manila Bulletin was reassuring. That countries like Japan, Australia, France, and Germany have expressed support for the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the 2016 arbitral award that...
By Dr. Manuel M. Dayrit MD, MSc, Former Secretary of Health Many of us have lost loved ones, friends, or acquaintances to COVID-19. Just this month, I lost a medical school classmate who is an ENT surgeon. On the other hand, I have classmates and friends who battled COVID and survived. The spectre...
PEACE-MAKER (PART II) Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. (Remarks on Nov. 8, 2021 at the 20th founding anniversary celebration of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), which is composed of some 350 ruling, opposition and independent political parties from...
Touched by angels CHERUBS AND TREES In photo: Ambassador Gaschen with QC Mayor Joy Belmonte and guards of QC Female Dormitory. Cover design by Jules Vivas By this time, Christmas decorations are starting to go up in most Filipino homes. That is, if they haven’t been there since September. There...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar Ah, the twists and turns of Philippine politics. Many people watched with bemusement the events surrounding the filing of candidacy and substitution in the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Supporters of the various personalities involved...
The office of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday, No. 11 denied reports that she and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio were scheduled to meet in the resort island of Balesin. Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo “Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is not meeting...
Korean actor Kim Seon-ho, star of the hit drama “Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha,” will not be returning to his former TV show “2 Days & 1 Night.” Kim Seon-ho’s career turned upside down last month due to accusations by her former girlfriend that he forced her to abort their baby last year under...
