PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Last year, our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) remitted a record-breaking $34 billion, or some 8.9 percent of our country’s gross domestic product (GDP). The hard-earned money our OFWs send to their families here at home also allow...
TACLOBAN CITY – The three governors in Samar Island reiterated their commitment to peace during the Samar Island Peace and Development Partners Forum Wednesday, August 17, in Catbalogan City. The event also attended by national government agencies revisited the 2017-2022 Regional Peace and...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Amid the recent tensions in the Taiwan Strait, which is one of the protracted flashpoints in Asia and in the world, we wish to reiterate our continuing modest calls and fervent wish against a possible Cold War in the Asia Pacific region....
Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday, Aug. 11, emphasized her support for peace-building and asked Samarnons not to engage with or support their “friends” in the rebel group New People’s Army (NPA). VP Sara Duterte is the guest speaker for Samar’s 181st anniversary celebration in...
Police Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), wants all policemen to actively engage all barangay officials in strengthening the peace and order down at the community level. Azurin said the engagement will include planning and implementation of peace and order...
The Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP) said former President Fidel V. Ramos' commitment to attaining true and lasting peace through principled negotiations during his presidency will always shine as bright honors to the Filipino people. PEPP "His legacy as a minted member of the Armed...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Southeast Asian ministers Friday condemned the lack of progress on a crisis resolution plan for coup-hit Myanmar, demanding the junta take action before a regional summit later this year. Diplomats take part in the 23rd Asean Plus Three Foreign Ministers’ Meeting during...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House While sailing the waters of the South of France with wife Gina on board the private yacht of our good friends, Frenchman Christian Baverey and his Filipino wife Tetta Agustin, we reminisced our years as a young journalist in the late 1950s...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Mayor Rolando Uy is set to convene the City Peace Development and Security Council (CPDSC) to discuss a series of high-profile crime incidents in this city. Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Rolando “Klarex” Uy (Photo courtesy of Cagayan de Oro City Information Offic e) Uy, in a...
Suspected communist rebels killed a rookie policeman when they ambushed a group of policemen conducting relief distribution in Gandara town of Samar on Saturday, July 16. Police Brig. Gen. Bernie Banac, director of the Police Regional Office 8, said the policemen were conducting humanitarian...
CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Calamba City, Laguna – Wanting to live a peaceful life, nine New People’s Army (NPA) rebels operating in Quezon surrendered to the government Friday, July 15. According to them, their lives in hiding did not bring peace to them and the families they left behind. They said...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Our wife Gina and we are in south of France, on invitation from the celebrated couple, Christian Baverey, scion of an industrialist French family from Lyon, and his Filipino wife, Tetta Agustin, who is highly-regarded in Europe’s...
