Candidates running for local positions in the Municipality of Pateros in Metro Manila gathered on March 17 for the peace covenant signing for the May 9 national and local elections. The signing was held at the San Roque Parish Church in Pateros and led by the Commission on Elections (Comelec),...
(DSWD) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has expanded the coverage of its peace-building programs to address various risks and vulnerabilities among insurgent groups. Aside from former rebels (FRs), their families, and households in conflict-affected areas and vulnerable...
President Duterte said that the country had attained peace in Mindanao, particularly with the establishment of the new autonomous region in the south and by cultivating good relations with the Muslim population. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang Photo) In an interview with his friend Pastor...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House In recent years, many iconic women leaders have emerged. Outstanding women in global politics include Margaret Thatcher in Britain; Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris, the first Asian-African-American and first woman to be elected vice...
Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula will lead the Mass for World Peace and Ukraine on Sunday, March 13, at the Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Mandaluyong City at 5 p.m. Mass for Ukraine (Our Lady of Fatima Facebook) Parish priest Rev. Fr. Carlos Reyes said the holy mass will be offered to pray...
Demonstrators hold signs reading “Putin is bombing Ukraine” and “Stop Putin Now” during a protest against Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, in Barcelona on February 26, 2022. (AFP) Over 160 academics, researchers, and professionals across the nation condemned Russia’s invasion of...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House As of this writing, delegations from Moscow and Kyiv, respectively, were scheduled to meet in Belarus for a second round of negotiations on the raging military hostilities in Ukraine. Although their first meeting did not produce a...
The United States (US) will work with the Philippines to vaccinate more than 10,600 Filipinos at mass vaccination clinics in the cities of Quezon and Caloocan. Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The...
The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has declared Ilocos as the first region in the country to achieve stable internal peace and security. (Photo PGIS-PIO) This was announced by the NTF-ELCAC through Resolution No. 1, Series of 2022, by the Joint Regional...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Candidates for various elective positions in Pangasinan have joined a simultaneous unity walk and signing of a peace covenant on Monday, Feb. 28, for peaceful and orderly elections on May 9. The Commission on Elections (Comelec), Philippine National Police (PNP) and other...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House As a proud Dagupeno, whose education was helped financed by bangus (milkfish) harvests, we miss our annual Bangus (milkfish) Festival here in our hometown Dagupan City, which was cancelled since the onslaught of the Covid-19 pandemic two...
Echoing the appeal of Pope Francis, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president and Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio “Ambo” S. David has called on the public to pray for peace in Europe amid the war in Ukraine due to Russia’s invasion. Bishop Pablo Virgilio “Ambo” S....
