Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva supported a Senate resolution filed by Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri creating a Senate Select Oversight Committee to make sure intelligence and confidential funds are spent responsibly. The Senate should definitely exercise the “power of the purse”...
Senators have warned the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) that having more than two deputy director generals is already a violation of the law. Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri and Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva pointed this out at the continuation...
The government should not waste any opportunity to sustain the positive momentum of the growth of the Philippine economy, Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said today. Villanueva made this statement following a Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) report that the Philippine economy is growing...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) vowed Friday, Sept. 9, to explore other strategic measures that would further increase the agency’s conviction rate for illegal drug cases. PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva (Photo by PDEA) “To be frank, what I really want is a 100-percent...
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...
