Senator Mark Villar on Monday, January 9 commended President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s administration for achieving another milestone as the latter facilitated the launching of the Metro Manila Subway Project's Tunnel Boring Machine. Villar was among other government officials who attended...
Senator Mark Villar on Tuesday, December 27 pledged to assist the Marcos administration push its “Build Better More” infrastructure drive and help expedite the completion of the current administration’s projects. Villar made the remark during his visit at the NLEX Connect Project, where he...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez, one of the prime movers of the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Bill, has described one senator as "very, very enthusiastic" about the proposed Philippine sovereign wealth fund. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and Senator Mark Villar Romualdez, speaking to...
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Undersecretary and former Build, Build, Build committee chair Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo presented a copy of the Night Owl book's second edition to Senator Mark A. Villar. (Courtesy of DICT USec Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo) “Much was...
Senator Mark A. Villar has filed a bill seeking to grant 13th month pay for contractual and job order personnel in the government service. “Contractual workers (COs) and job order (JO) personnel play a vital role in government service. They fulfill their duties diligently and passionately...
The proposed 2023 P737.36- billion budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) underwent full scrutiny during a Senate budget deliberation with Senator Mark Villar giving his full support to the department and stressing the importance of giving the agency its needed budget to...
Trade and Industry Secretary Afredo E. Pascual said he would shift real focus of his agency towards industrialization stressing that manufacturing is the only way to be sustainable and become an inclusive economy. At the briefing by the DTI for the Senate committee on trade, commerce and...
Neophyte Senator Mark A. Villar has filed the Build, Build, Build Act which seeks to institutionalize and create a 30-year National Infrastructure Program. Sen. Mark A. Villar Villar, a former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary, explained that this is in line with his...
Neophyte Senator Mark A. Villar has filed a bill providing rights of bicycle riders and the establishment of a Local Bikeway Office (LBO) under the supervision of city and municipal engineering offices. Villar, a former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary, said the LBO would be...
A survey conducted by the RP- Mission and Development Foundation Inc. (RPMD) found that UniTeam Senate bet Mark Villar was the top preferred Senate bet among a sample of 10,000 voters. Senatorial candidate Mark Villar (MANILA BULLETIN) According to the results, Villar took 74.6 percent of the vote,...
UniTeam Senate bet Mark Villar placed second in a senatorial preference poll conducted by the OCTA Research Institute last April. (Photo from Mark Villar’s Facebook) The survey sampled 1,200 respondents from the A, B, C, D, and E socio-economic classes from April 22 to April 25. Villar took 55...
