Senate Bill No. 1594 which seeks to institutionalize the “One Town, One Product” (OTOP) program is now up for signature of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. Sen. Mark Villar (Senate PRIB Photo) Senator Mark...
Senator Mark Villar (Senate PRIB) Senator Mark Villar, defender of the controversial Maharlia Investment Investment Fund (MIF) Bill in the upper chamber, says he wants to support the Marcos administration in ‘’every way I can". ‘’Happy naman ako at ako naniniwala ako sa ating Presidente...
KAUSWAGAN, Lanao del Norte – Mayor Rommel Arnado expressed his overwhelming gratitude to the participants of the six-day 6th Organic Asia Congress which served as a platform showcasing the achievements and impact of organic agriculture in this once war-torn town in Mindanao. SEN. Mark Villar...
Senator Mark Villar on Thursday, June 8 said there are about 97 high-impact projects that the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) can finance once the bill is approved into law by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. ...
Senate Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies chairman Senator Mark Villar projected that a possible 8.6 percent return on equity every year in the next 10 years can be generated by the MIF. Senator Mark Villar...
Senator Mark Villar Senator Mark Villar has filed Senate Bill (SB) No.2254 that seeks to enable the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to establish an automated and online system for voter registration. Villar explained that the right to suffrage or the right to vote, which is enshrined in our...
The Senate has ratified the bicameral committee report on the bill that seeks to institutionalize the government’s "One Town, One Product" (OTOP) Program. Sen. Mark Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship, and sponsor of the measure, reported the...
Senator Mark A. Villar, author of Senate Bill 2020, also known as the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill, is confident that the measure would be approved on third reading this week. “We have carefully studied and analyzed the MIF bill. We made revisions and added more safeguards to ensure that...
The Senate minority bloc is pushing for an “iron-clad” provision in the Senate’s version of the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Act to guarantee that pension funds in the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and the Social Security System (SSS) would not be compromised in the...
The Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) has entered the period of interpellation in the Senate. "Maganda po na madiscuss natin ang mga concerns ng ating mga kapwa senador (The discussion with my colleagues’ concerns were lively). From the start, we always wanted to scrutinize this bill. No better way...
Senator Mark A. Villar on Wednesday May 10, sought a Senate inquiry into alleged continued proliferation of bank-related scams and frauds. This followed the filing by Villar of Senate Resolution 589 which asked the Senate leadership to direct the appropriate committee to conduct the hearing "with...
Senator Mark Villar, chairman of the Senate trade committee, has filed a bill allowing the use of digital copy of identification cards (IDs) in government transactions. In filing Senate Bill (SB) 1856, Villar explained that IDs play a significant role in society. In fact, in the Philippines, a...