Senator Joel Villanueva has called on the national government to create a program that aims to produce "a cadre of railway technology experts" through universities as the country’s upcoming railway project will become a "huge job generator." In a statement Tuesday, Villanueva said the upcoming...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has expressed deep concern over the dramatic rise in the illegal drug trafficking activities using the Internet. With the Covid-19 pandemic, PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva drug traffickers took advantage of the “technological boom’’...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has reported a 460 percent increase increase in the smuggling of Methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA), popularly known as ecstasy, into the country. “Smuggling of ecstasy is expanding in the last three years. It grew from 13,000 tablets in 2019 to...
Marijuana has now dislodged shabu or methamphetamine hydrochloride as the most preferred illegal drugs of the country’s users “both on the demand and supply side," the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) bared Friday, March 25. (Courtesy of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency) Locally...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Friday, March 18 called on the government to support the call of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) to implement a four-day work week to address the continuous oil price hikes and apply it primarily to the business process outsourcing (BPO) workers....
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) announced Friday, March 18, that the recent successful operations resulting in the seizure of multi-billion peso worth of illegal drugs were unrelated to the May 2022 national and local elections . In a radio interview over Dobol B TV, PDEA Director...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Wednesday backed the proposal of the country's economic experts to implement alternative work arrangements, particularly the work-from-home scheme, to cushion the impact of the continuous oil price hike on Filipinos. Villanueva, chairman of the Senate committee on labor,...
Senator Joel Villanueva suggested that the national government should better utilize the skills of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have returned since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Sen. Joel Villanueva (Photo from Joel Villanueva FB page) According to the Philippine Statistics Authority...
Reelectionist Senator Joel Villanueva welcomed on Saturday, March 12 the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to allow 100 percent classroom capacity for in-person classes for higher education institutions (HEIs). ‘’Our college students have spent the last two years under a flexible...
The Senate Committee on Labor and Employment on Thursday, March 10 advised the government to temporarily withdraw its ultimatum for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies to end work from home (WFH) arrangements of their employees or lose tax incentives. Villanueva, committee chairman, said...
Two Chinese drug suspects were arrested by law enforcers while P20.4 million worth of methampethamine hydrochloride or "shabu" were allegedly seized from them in a buy-bust operation in Quezon City Wednesday night, March 9. PDEA logo The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) identified the...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Monday, March 7 called on the government to start the "immediate" and "efficient" distribution of fuel subsidies to the transport, agriculture, and fisheries sector amid the continuous fuel price hikes. The fuel price surge is being attributed to the easing of Covid-19...
