House Deputy Speaker and reelectionist Rep. Eric Martinez has been proclaimed the winner in the race for Valenzuela City's 2nd district congressional seat. House Deputy Speaker and Valenzuela City 2nd district Rep. Eric Martinez The local Board of Canvassers officially proclaimed Martinez as the...
House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has been reelected as representative of the lone legislative district of Marinduque province for a third consecutive term. A victorious House Speaker Lord Alan Velasco (2nd from left) get his arms raised during his proclamation on May 10, 2022 (Photo from Office of...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Tomorrow, May 9, is the Filipino people’s rendezvous with history. The choices we make will determine the direction of our country for the next six years, and even beyond. Indeed, the current electoral campaign is one of the most...
Online cockfighting or "e-sabong" operators might just let the situation "cool down" first before mounting their big comeback. (Photo from putakputak.com) Senatorial candidate and former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano gave this warning as he mentioned possible ways that the gambling activity...
There is no truth to the spreading text message saying that Deputy Speaker and Mandaluyong City Rep. Neptali "Boyet" Gonzales II's office will give away P1,000 to "qualified" recipients on Friday, May 6. (Contributed photo) "Fake news ito. Hindi totoo. May nakatanggap ng ganitong text....
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Emmanuel Macron has been reelected president of France, becoming the first French leader to win a second term in 20 years. Macron, a centrist, won 58.5 percent of the votes while his rival far-right Marine Le Pen garnered 41.5 percent....
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House News reports noted the confluence of Christianity’s Easter Sunday, Judaism’s Passover, and Islam’s Ramadan last weekend, a rare event which purportedly happens only every 33 years. An article by reporter Jake Thomas in Newsweek...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House In the course of our modest ventures into political party and parliamentary diplomacy in Asia and the international community, we consistently spoke about the need to develop a system of ideas and ideals that will make globalization work...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Indeed, the ongoing electoral campaign is one of the most divisive and vicious in our nation’s political history. More important than the raging political battle, however, is the governance of our country for the next six years, which...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House In 2012, we proposed the convening of a global summit against narcotics. We thought then of the need to unify and coordinate often conflicting national strategies, policies, and programs to counter the worldwide spread of narcotic drugs....
Former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano led the filing Thursday, March 31 of a bill that would institutionalize his earlier proposal of requiring different government agencies to set aside five percent in budgetary savings for the proverbial "rainy days". (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House In Timor-Leste, an old friend of the Filipino people, former president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta is leading the presidential race against current president Francisco “Lu Olo” Guterres and 14 other candidates. He...
