Las Piñas lone district Rep. Camille Villar hugging the winner of a livelihood showcase (Rep. Villar’s Office) Who doesn’t love a warm embrace? House Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas lone district Rep. Camille Villar is no different from everyone....
OF TREES AND FOREST Donald Trump won the US presidential elections by defeating his Democratic opponent Vice President Kamala Harris. By all accounts, it was a stunning victory not only because it was an impressive comeback from his electoral defeat in 2020 but also because his triumph...
Vista Land & Lifescapes, Inc. of billionaire Manuel B. Villar Jr. reported a 10 percent growth in net income to P9.1 billion for the nine months of 2024 from the P8.2 billion earned in the same period last year. One of the Philippines’ leading integrated property developers and the...
(Right) Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar (Rep. Villar's Office) House Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar has reaffirmed her commitment to push for the passage of several measures that aim to protect and...
A consumer group renewed its push for the upper chamber to pass the Site Blocking Bill to protect the creative industry and the digital security of Filipinos. In a recent statement, Bantay Konsyumer, Kalsada, Kuryente (BK3) Convenor Atty. Karry Sison said that the Senate continues to ignore the...
Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. has urged the government not to leave employees of the Optical Media Board (OMB) in limbo. During the Senate’s hearing on the proposed budget of the OMB for 2025, OMB’s primary function was put into question after Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy...
OF TREES AND FOREST Eighty-nine years ago, on Nov. 15, 1935, the Commonwealth of the Philippines was inaugurated. This political arrangement, provided for under the Philippine Independence Act of 1934, otherwise known as the Tydings-McDuffie Act, is a 10-year transitional government in...
Senator Cynthia Villar expressed her strong opposition to the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) plan to build condominiums as a means to resolve the housing backlog in the Philippines. Sen. Cynthia Villar raises her strong objection to the plans of the Department of...
The Villar family paid tribute to the invaluable contributions of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to the country's economy at the recent 13th OFW and Family Summit. Senator Cynthia Villar and Deputy Speaker Camille Villar hand over the symbolic key to Mylene Chua of Marikina City, an OFW...
OF TREES AND FORESTS In this column, I often write about the challenges faced by new entrepreneurs. I have advised young business owners to be prepared to make sacrifices, to deal with obstacles, and be prepared to fail. It is certainly not my intention to discourage anyone from taking that leap of...
Senator Cynthia Villar has expressed concern over reclamation projects being pursued despite the lack of comprehensive study on their environmental impact. Villar, who chairs the Senate Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Climate Change, said a renewed push for the reclamation of an...
Senator Cynthia Villar called for greater awareness and early detection of breast cancer as she expressed her concerns on the rising number of cancer cases in the Philippines. “Health is wealth, ika nga, kaya mahalaga na bigyan natin ng panahon ang ating kalusugan. Dapat lagi tayong...
