The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) handed out a total of P9,684,257.86 cash rewards on Tuesday, Sept. 6, to 11 private informants for providing information that led to the agency’s successful big-time illegal drug busts. In simple rites at the PDEA National Headquarters, PDEA...
Senator Joel Villanueva has sought congressional passage of his bill allowing businesses registered in investment promotion agencies to adopt a work-from-home (WFH) arrangement for their employees while maintaining their tax and fiscal incentives. The grace period for companies in the Information...
The national government should equip barangay officials with the necessary tools to effectively fight illegal drugs problems in their respective areas, officials of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said on Wednesday, Aug....
Senator Joel Villanueva has urged the government to provide long term solutions for job generation in order to address the high poverty incidence in the country. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) q Villanueva made the statement after the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported an...
Senate Majority leader Emmanuel "Joel" J. Villanueva on Monday, Aug. 15, cited the contributions of his home province of Bulacan to Philippine history as well as its contuing role in nation-building during the 444th Bulacan Foundation Day celebration held inside the Provincial Capitol Gymnasium in...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva wants to secure the rights and welfare of some 1.5 million freelancers or gig economy workers in the Philippines, whose numbers are expected to rise as the country recovers from the pandemic. Villanueva noted that the Philippines ranked as the sixth fastest...
Senator Joel Villanueva has sought an end to spam messages and calls that have been proliferating and victimizing many people because of the absence of a law that would protect telephone and mobile subscribers against the so-called electronic scams and threats. Villanueva filed Senate Bill (SB)...
The law increasing the P500 monthly social pension of 4.08 million indigent senior citizens to P1,000 is a ‘’great legacy of the 18th Congress". Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva happily told his fellow senators in the plenary session Tuesday, Aug. 2 that the bill doubling the amount of...
Senator Joel Villanueva says that the late Fidel Ramos' dream of a "Tiger Economy" lives on in the hearts of Filipinos, even after the latter's passing. File photo / Office of Civil Defense READ: https://mb.com.ph/2022/07/31/fvr-dies-at-94/ "We join the rest of the nation in mourning the passing of...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva has filed a bill that aims to expand and give equal employment opportunities to senior citizens and to encourage private companies to hire the elderly. (Alexas Fotos/ Unsplash) Villanueva said, “There is a need to provide opportunities for our senior...
With a handshake, Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla has deemed resolved his issue with Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva. This followed a statement of Padilla that he was not voting for Villanueva when he was nominated to the post of Senate majority leader during the regular session of the...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said the Senate looks forward to the convening of the Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) so it could take up the 19 pieces of legislation that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. laid out in his State of the Nation Address (SONA)....
