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House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. and the country’s economic managers will meet with Asian Development Bank (ADB) officials to discuss funding support for the proposed Asian Anti-Poverty Fund.  


The lawmaker said it would be beneficial to the fund if ADB would support it. Aside from financial assistance, De Venecia said the multilateral agency could likewise share resources. "We would like the headquarters of the fund to be there (ADB)," he said.


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TEHRAN:  As he walked into the room, the first word that leapt in my mind was Spartan.


Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad does not seem comfortable with the pomp that goes with his high office. He wiggled in the ornate chair and stretched his legs as the translator did his work.


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Among the participants are Prince Norodom Ranariddh, president of the Cambodian National Assembly; Speaker Taranath Ranabhat of Nepal, and Speaker Mahmoud Al-Abrache of Syria.


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Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., elected president of the AAPP in its fourth general assembly, said the organization will also work for the formation of an Asian Anti-Poverty Fund, push for an inter-faith dialogue among nations, and strengthen cooperation against terrorism.


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Socialism with Chinese features

By FROM A DISTANCE | By Carmen N. Pedrosa | September 10, 2011 - 12:00am

It seemed an odd place to be. In this Chinese city, the capital of Guangxi, opposites clash the way it does not at other more prominent cities in China I have been to — Beijing, Shanghai or Hong Kong.

Opinion

JDV proposes Asian Micro-Finance Fund

By Pia Lee-Brago | July 18, 2010 - 12:00am

Former House speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. proposed the creation of an Asian Micro-Finance Fund and an Asian Anti-Poverty Fund at the Anti Poverty Summit in Kunming, China to help small entrepreneurs gain easier access...

Headlines

Facts, fallacies and counter facts on RH Bill

By FROM THE STANDS | By Domini M. Torrevillas | October 25, 2008 - 12:00am

Our friend, former Speaker Jose de Venecia, had a blitzkrieg in Cambodia last week, addressing three speaking engagements ...

Opinion

JDV seeks ADB support for Asian Anti-Poverty Fund

By Ma. Elisa Osorio  | December 3, 2006 - 12:00am

House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. and the country’s economic managers will meet with Asian Development Bank (ADB) officials to discuss funding support for the proposed Asian Anti-Poverty Fund. The...

Business

Ahmadinejad

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | November 16, 2006 - 12:00am

TEHRAN: As he walked into the room, the first word that leapt in my mind was Spartan. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad does not seem comfortable with the pomp that goes with his high office....

Opinion

Regional integration, fighting terrorism to top Asian parties meet

May 29, 2005 - 12:00am

The standing committee of Asia’s ruling and opposition political parties, which is headed by Speaker Jose de Venecia, has approved moves to fight poverty, international terrorism and proliferation of weapons...

Headlines

Asian parliament leaders meet today

July 5, 2004 - 12:00am

Speaker Jose de Venecia will convene today the executive council of the Asian Parliaments for Peace (APP). As APP president, he will finalize its next general assembly agenda to re-emphasize the theme of peace in...

Headlines

Asian lawmakers group proposes Asian parliament

September 2, 2003 - 12:00am

The Association of Asian Parliaments for Peace (AAPP) moved yesterday to remake itself into a multi-nation parliamentary assembly as a precursor to the formation of an Asian body patterned after the European Union. Speaker...

Headlines