PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House We, Dagupeños, are proud of the appointment by US President Joe Biden of Filipina-American Camille Calimlim-Touton as deputy commissioner of the US Bureau of Reclamation. Calimlim-Touton’s parents, Carl Calimlim and Marlene Bangsal, are...
Jason Tengco (center) poses with US President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden (Contibuted photo) The Biden-Harris Administration announced on Jan. 25 the appointment of Filipino-American Jason Benjamin Alinea Tengco as White House Liaison for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Tengco...
Tenement photo from Tenement Visual Artists' Facebook page Several tributes poured on social media Monday as Filipino fans pay homage to the late NBA legend Kobe Bryant. The Tenement Visual Artists posted photos of their new mural at the Tenement in Taguig City, paying homage to Bryant's legacy and...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House (Remarks at a virtual rally organized by the Universal Peace Federation with the theme “One Million People Praying for the Healing of the Nation and the World”) May I congratulate the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) led by our...
Clearex opens its first manufacturing plant in Binan, Laguna; welcomes more distributors for its growing product users and loyal clientele. Clearex, a wholly-owned Filipino company, maker of top-quality cleaning products, recently inaugurated its first manufacturing plant in Binan, Laguna, to cater...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House We are saddened by the turn of political events in the US days before the inauguration of former Vice President Joe Biden as president on January 20, three days from now. The intensity of the venomous atmosphere, violent protests and...
Multisectoral groups, comprising of 51 largest and widely-represented private sector associations, have urged for the immediate enactment of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) bill to boost market confidence, save jobs and provide instant relief to businesses’...
The Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) has expressed support for an initiative to hold hearings on Constitutional Amendments with the objective of amending the restrictive economic provisions of the Constitution. But FEF also equally stressed the need to introduce the phrase “unless otherwise...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House We deeply thank God for adding another year to our life yesterday, December 26, and for granting us fair health and energy. For some time now we feel our “batteries” slowing down, but we are not complaining. Overall, we feel good about...
AT THE TABLE A scene from the movie adaptation of Angela's Ashes I’ve always had happy Christmases, except two. The first was Christmas in 1991, when my boss sent me to look for a printer that could on a very nonexistent chance still be open after the holiday rush on Dec....
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Since March this year, the world has been going through the gravest health and economic crisis in 100 years due to COVID-19. As of this writing three days ago, it has infected 72,556,942 people and claimed 1,637,155 lives worldwide. The US...
Actress Kathryn Bernardo has insisted she never had nose surgery. Bernardo, star of the series "The House Arrest of Us," made the clarification when she appeared in the "Never Have I Ever" portion of Dr. Aivee Teo's YouTube show recently. When asked about nose surgery, Kathryn answered:...
