A heated verbal exchange ensued between Senators Cynthia Villar and Raffy Tulfo when the latter raised the topic of private developers converting farmlands into residential and commercial spaces during the Senate’s deliberations on the proposed 2023 national budget. It was Tulfo who raised the...
Senator Cynthia A. Villar sponsored and defended the proposed 2023 P23.13 billion budget of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and its attached agencies before the Senate plenary session today, Nov. 16. Villar, chairperson of the Senate committee on environment, natural...
Senator Cynthia Villar is seeking to strengthen Philippine wildlife conservation and protection mechanisms even as the constant exploitation of wild fauna and their habitats has been raising the risk of zoonotic disease transmission. "There were studies suggesting that Covid-19 virus may have...
Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday, Aug. 17 asked the National Housing Authority (NHA) to consider giving housing projects to informal settler families (ISF) for free. Binay made the suggestion after Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) Secretary Jerry Acuzar said some of the...
Senator Cynthia Villar has filed Senate Bill (SB) 1014, or the "Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) Remittance Protection Act", for the purpose of protecting the money remittances of Filipino migrant workers. Villar, a known advocate of OFWs, has been crafting measures to ensure the protection and...
The proposed Sicogon Island Wildlife Sanctuary Act from the previous Duterte administration has lapsed into law, Senator Cynthia Villar said Wednesday, Aug. 10. Republic Act (RA) 119331 declared two parcels of land in Sicogon Island in the municipality of Carles, Iloilo as protected areas in the...
Senator Cynthia Villar became the third victim of Covid-19 in the Senate in a span of one week. Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri revealed this during the plenary session Tuesday, Aug. 9 of the 24-member Senate. Villar, 72, still attended the session virtually. Senate Majority Leader Joel...
A pro-administration senator has said that pricing rice at P20 per kilo is not possible--at least, not yet. Senator Cynthia A. Villar, who retained her chairmanship of the Senate Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform Committee in the current 19th Congress, explained that the price of palay or...
The new Agri-Agra law gives a much-needed break to the agriculture sector, Senator Cynthia Villar said on Tuesday Aug. 2. Villar explained that financing for farmers and fisherfolk would be expanded, and reaching the agricultural sector and promoting rural development would be more effective since...
Senator Cynthia Villar wants to place the Philippine (Benham) Rise under the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) in order to monitor and maintain the high biodiversity and pristine habitats in the Philippine Rise Marine Resource Reserve (PMRR). Legislation of the PMRR, Villar...
To raise awareness on the role of wetlands as the “cradle of biodiversity", Senator Cynthia Villar filed Senate Bill (SB) 124, or the National Wetlands Conservation Bill, during the opening of the 19th Congress this month. Speaking before the participants of the 8th Wetland Link International –...
The winners of the fifth Villar SIPAG Awards - Youth Poverty Reduction Challenge have been named. The Villar SiPAG Awards is an annual search for empowered youth organizations trying to make a significant impact in society through their advocacies, and is now on its fifth year. It is a friendly...
