Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon flaunted on Thursday, Feb. 3 her newfound status as a private citizen after her retirement. (From Rowena Guanzon's Twitter account / MANILA BULLETIN) "Private citizen Rowena Guanzon reporting. Good morning," she posted on Twitter....
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar As the election campaign nears, a lot of people have been asking me who I am voting for in the May national elections. I do not have an answer for that question right now but there is a question that I think is equally important—what kind...
Ninety-five former Cabinet members, including former Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel 'Mar' Roxas II, senior government officials, former chiefs of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, retired ambassadors, and career civil servants, who served under various administrations,...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina Last Sunday was quite memorable for two first-ever wins that reverberated across the world of sports. One was the awesome feat of the Philippine women’s football team to finally secure a spot for our country in the highly prestigious FIFA World...
PEACE MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. As of this writing, tensions between Russia and the United States and its NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)allies are rapidly escalating, following reports of a massive Russian military build-up in the Russia-Ukraine border and...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina The Senate and the general public were “fed with false promises, bloated projections and misleading claims” on the supposed benefits of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement. Thus, the Senate ought to “reject,...
Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Roberto "Bobby" Romulo has passed away at the age of 83, the Carlos P. Romulo Foundation confirmed. Former DFA Secretary Roberto 'Bobby' Romulo (Photo courtesy of the Carlos P. Romulo Foundation) Romulo died on Jan. 23, Sunday, the foundation said. The cause of his...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. Tensions have escalated once again in the Korean Peninsula following the series of missile tests conducted by North Korea since the start of the year. The Korean Peninsula is one of the lingering flashpoints in Asia and the global...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar I know our nation is currently faced with a tremendous challenge. The COVID-19 pandemic has been ravaging our lives and our economy for close to two years now. Individually, people are confronted with the daily grind of making sure they can...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Sixteen years ago, on January 2006, as then speaker of the house, we organized a Global Interfaith Dialogue here in Manila, where leaders of government, parliament, academe, civil society, religion, and faith-based organizations from the...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar Let me start by greeting everyone a very Happy New Year. I hope everyone had a nice and safe holiday break with loved ones and family. And I hope all of us are recharged to face the challenges of the new year. Let us make 2022 a rebound year....
Finding Answers Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina It is undeniable that most Filipinos are optimists who believe that every New Year always brings renewed hope. The perennial sense of optimism, which can be high even among those who felt Christmas was so sad, has been shown in various surveys...
