Twin Glass Treehouse at Tudor in the Pines Who were fans of the glasshouses ever since Edward Cullen crawled out his architectural marvel when Twilight premiered? Us. That’s right. We couldn’t stop dreaming about all the things we could do and see there, especially during the quarantine....
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House In February, 2010, in Seoul, we proposed to then Foreign Minister Yu MyungHwan the establishment in Manila of a Philippines-South Korea University, following our much earlier discussions with then Korean Ambassador in Manila, HE Choi...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House We sincerely thank God that at almost 84, the Lord has given us fair health and some residual energy. Before the onslaught of the global Coronavirus pandemic, which has harshly disrupted and claimed more than a million lives worldwide, we...
Dismayed over the Philippines disaster responses in the recent typhoons, Business groups have urged Filipinos to move in an efficient fashion in partnership with local government units to mitigate the impact of climate change. “We express serious concern about the state of our...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Elected as one of the youngest US senators in 1972 at the age of 29, Delaware’s favourite son seems to be the would-be oldest-elected president of the United States, at 77. We do not wish to speak yet with finality on Biden’s victory...
Hang back from the horrors of Covid life and take refuge in the metaphors for our larger fears, such as our fear of death or disease or isolation or life itself. Horror as a genre is built around one truth: that the world is full of fearful things. But the best horror tells us more. It tells us how...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House We are still pushing our old “Billion Trees” program for the Philippines and hopefully for other countries which we launched when we had the good fortune, by God’s grace, to be elected five times as speaker of the House of...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House The United Nations celebrates its 75 th founding anniversary this year in the midst of the raging coronavirus plague, which has infected more than 40 million people and claimed more than one million human lives worldwide, devastated the...
I like to say that I love Mimiyuuuh, but frankly speaking, I’m not a fan of silly antics and “meme-like” poses. From obscurity, the tiny shoulders of Mimiyuuuh now “carry” known brands, endorsements, and online influence, with her amassing millions of followers (her YouTube channel alone...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House In our column last September 20, 2020, we underscored the important role of political parties in Asia and the international community as we in the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) observed our 20 th anniversary....
Box office stars Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla reunite in Star Cinema's first digital movie series and play a newly engaged couple who get tested by difficult circumstances in "The House Arrest of Us," which starts streaming on KTX.PH on October 24 (Saturday). Newly engaged couple Korics...
Local contractors have joined hands to strongly oppose a bill that would fully open the construction business to foreigners, saying will spell the demise of the local construction industry which employs more than 4 million Filipinos. (MB file photo. Jansen Romero) House Bill (HB) 7337 seeks to...
