CEBU CITY – Metro Cebu will certainly benefit from the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), Sen. Mark Villar assured. Villar said the MIF, the country's first-ever sovereign investment fund, will provide the country more funds for infrastructure, agriculture, and energy projects. “I’m excited...
OF TREES AND FOREST The country received some sobering economic news last week. During the first quarter of the current year, the Philippines was able to sustain its economic recovery and expansion with a GDP growth of 6.4 percent, a growth rate that actually exceeded forecasts. But the second...
Senator Cynthia Villar has expressed her readiness to conduct a separate probe into the various complaints on the reclamation projects in Manila Bay. Sen. Cynthia Villar (middle) is the guest of honor at the reopening of the Kapihan sa Manila Hotel on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 20223. Former...
With consumer spending having mostly recovered from the effects of the pandemic, tycoon Manuel B. Villar Jr. is now ready to resume the expansion programs of its two retail chains AllHome Corporation and AllDay Supermarkets. “By next year, we will resume our expansion. We will start with the...
Senator Cynthia Villar (Senate PRIB) There is no valid reason for the prices of rice to go up. This was stressed Saturday, Aug. 19 by Senator Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate Agriculture and Food Committee, who blamed traders for taking advantage of reports of...
Philippines’ richest Manuel B. Villar Jr. announced plans to put up a satellite casino in his newly-launched Villar City in addition to the one he is developing in the 80-hectare Global South integrated resort project. Being his legacy project, Villar is carefully designing Villar City to be...
Consumers who prefer using online transactions would benefit from additional protection and privacy once the proposed Internet Transactions Act is passed into law. “This is good news for online shoppers and online sellers,” Sen. Mark Villar, chairman of the Senate Committee on...
Richest Filipino Manuel B. Villar Jr. is seeking to acquire the right to develop and extend the Light Rail Transit by seven stations all the way to Silang from Bacoor, Cavite as he will not have a hard time getting the right of way for the railway. In an informal chat with media, Villar said this...
OF TREES AND FOREST Last week, we inaugurated Villar Avenue, a 10-kilometer, 10-lane road that we envision will help decongest traffic and reduce travel time from Las Piñas City to portions of Bacoor and Dasmariñas in Cavite province. In addition, we see this road as an important component in...
A growing number of homeowners furnishing their condominium units boosted the second quarter earnings of the Villar Group’s pioneering one-stop full-line home retailer AllHome—an impressive reversal of its first quarter 2023 performance. After trending downward in the first quarter of the...
With consumers returning to brick-and-mortar stores to shop for their grocery needs, the Villar Group’s mid-premium supermarket chain AllDay Supermarket reported that its net income surged to P172 million in the first half of 2023 from P12 million in the same period last year. In a disclosure to...
The empowerment of women today, Sen. Cynthia A. Villar said, goes beyond protecting them from violence and other forms of abuse. Sen. Cynthia Villar (Senate PRIB Photo) In her inspirational message during the National Summit of the Lady Local Legislators’ League (4L) of the...
