The Villar Foundation recently honored the cooperative champions at the 2024 Villar Foundation Awards on Poverty Reduction. Villar Awards 2024 Winners. Former Senate President Manny Villar, Senator Cynthia A.Villar together with Senator Mark Villar, Deputy...
Personally, I dream of a country, where dreams are possible. It’s not such an impossible dream, except that dreams-come-true among us Filipinos remain exceptional, not quite common. What I’d like to see in 2025 is more opportunities for Filipinos to seek a life that makes the most of...
If you visit Villa Escudero today, that 800-hectare eco-tourism estate thriving in the lush greenery of Tiaong town in Quezon, you wouldn’t have known it once stood as a sugarcane farm that had developed into a self-sustaining coconut plantation. This was achieved through its hydroelectric plant...
Mark Magsayo is looking to end the year with a bang when he takes on Bryan Mercado of Colombia in their eight-round catchweight fight at the Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California on Sunday, Dec. 15 (Manila time). Mark Magsayo, left. (File Photo/Mark Magsayo Instagram) The 29-year-old pride of...
Senator Mark Villar has filed Senate Bill No. 2873, or the proposed Anti-Ticket Scalping Act, a bill that would go after ticket scalpers and provide fair ticket access for concert fans. “Inihain po natin ang panukalang batas na ito upang matigil na o masugpo ang lumalalang scalping sa bansa na...
Illustrated by Franchezka Cardiño, 17, Multiple Intelligence International School Engr. Mark Kennedy E. Bantugon, 25, is a licensed Aeronautical Engineer, the inventor of Pili Seal®, a sustainable aviation sealant and adhesive derived from the waste of Pili Tree Resin, and the CEO and president...
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...
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...
Alpas Pinas, a non-stock, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting nuclear energy as a clean and sustainable source of power, recently convened youth leaders from various student organizations across the Philippines for this year’s Stand Up for Nuclear, the world’s first global initiative...
UFC President Dana White told TNT Sports that he has spoken with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg about possibly using artificial intelligence to improve the organization’s maligned ranking system. MMA star Alex Pereira of Brazil (AP) “I’m totally going to fix the rankings,” White told the...
Senator Mark Villar has underscored anew the need for stiffer measures against online piracy, noting that most of the illegal activities related to piracy are now conducted online. Villar said this during the budget deliberations of the Optical Media Board (OMB). He explained that the technological...
