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We are saddened by the continuing economic crisis in Lebanon, which the World Bank has earlier described as “the most devastating multi-pronged crisis in its modern history.”
The ongoing political deadlock in parliament has the country without a president since Oct. 30 last year, whi
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In 2008, our co-chairman and then secretary general in the International Conference of Asian Political Parties, Chung Eui-yong of South Korea, who later served as his country’s National Security Adviser and then Foreign Minister, travelled to Buenos Aires, to explore ways and means of
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We joined the 1.36 billion Roman Catholics around the world in mourning the passing of the 95-year-old Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who was laid to rest inside the Vatican City grounds three days ago.
Considered as one of the greatest theologians of the 20th century, the late pontiff
(The author served as special assistant of former speaker Jose de Venecia for some 27 years. He is currently the chief of staff of JDV’s son, Pangasinan Representative Christopher de Venecia).
Happy 86th birthday tomorrow, Dec. 26, to the five-time speaker of the House, Asian statesman, and my grea
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Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr.
During our foray into parliamentary and political diplomacy, we travelled to Iran many times since the first year of the Shah. And in 2006, in Tehran, we conferred with Iran’s highest political leaders on possible ways and means of