A Makabayan bloc member in the House of Representatives is prodding President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to reopen peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro made this call a...
CAMP Adduru, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Brig. Gen. Percival Rumbaoa, acting Police Regional Office 2 director, said Christmas in Region 2 or Cagayan Valley was generally peaceful. Rumbaoa urged police in the region to forge close ties with the community to effectively manage crime reporting and...
ILOILO CITY — Christmas in the Western Visayas region was generally peaceful as major crimes dropped by 71 percent. THE 605th Maneuver Company of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB-6) conduct gift-giving in Victorias City, Negros Occidental province. (605th MC/RMFB-6) “The decisive...
Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Wednesday, December 21 said the death of Jose Maria Sison should propel the government to renew its peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines and other remaining leftist groups. “This is the right time to resume peace talks locally. Local peace...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. Last Dec. 16, our family once again observed the death anniversary of our beloved daughter, Katrina Casimira, whom we lovingly called KC. She would have been 34 years old this year but God summoned her back to His home in 2004. We were...
CLARK, Pampanga – More than 15,000 Global Peace Advocates participated in the three-day Global Peace Festival 2022 from Dec. 1 to 3 here. GLOBAL Peace Advocates attend the Global Peace Festival in Clark, Pampanga. The event was organized by the Global Peace Foundation (GPF) – an international...
OSLO, Norway -- A trio from the three nations at the centre of the war in Ukraine accepted their Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, calling for an unabated fight against Russian leader Vladimir Putin's "insane and criminal" invasion. Jailed Belarusian rights advocate Ales Bialiatski, Russian...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House (Part II) In our column last Sunday, we highlighted the statement of the 350-strong International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) on peace, security and stability, which was issued at the conclusion of our 11th General...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House At the recently-concluded 11th General Assembly of the 350-strong International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) in Istanbul, Nov. 17-20, under the theme “Role of political parties in strengthening dialogue for global peace,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The 25th year of the Mindanao Week of Peace kicked off at the Paseo del Mar here on Thursday, Nov. 24, attended by hundreds of stakeholders from the religious, civic, education, and government sectors. STAKEHOLDERS from the academe, civic, religious, security, and other sectors...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Top government and defense officials, together with officials of the Sulu provincial government, launched Task Force Bantay Dagat, a group that seeks to intensify border patrol and environmental protection in Sulu, in Maubuh Beach, Barangay Umangay, Patikul, Sulu on Saturday,...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House The 11th General Assembly of the 350-member International Conference of Asian Political Parties, ICAPP, concluded yesterday in the historic city of Istanbul. We are most thankful to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the ruling Justice and...
