With 23 affirmative votes, the Senate approved on third and final reading the measure seeking to provide monthly pension differential to all retirees of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday, January 14. Sen. Mark Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Government...
Mark Magsayo could be landing the biggest fight of his career as he is being considered as a replacement opponent for reigning WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis. Gervonta Davis, left, and Mark Magsayo (AP / Magsayo's FB post/ Mikael Ona) Viva Promotions, headed by Brendan Gibbons, posted on...
Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong Baguio lone district Rep. Mark Go has asked Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong not to politicize the distribution of "ayuda" or government aid. Go had this to say on Wednesday, Jan. 8 in reaction to...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Facebook) A senior stalwart of the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) has given one of the most glowing endorsements yet of House Speaker Martin...
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...
