OF TREES AND FOREST I applaud the Senate for passing the Maharlika Investment Fund bill on third and final reading during the last day of May which was also its last session day before it took a break. The House of Representatives have decided to adopt the Senate version of the bill so as of press...
Senator Cynthia A. Villar acknowledged the significant role of Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) in the country’s enhanced crop productivity and farmers’ income. Speaking during the 72nd founding anniversary of BSWM, Villar noted that the bureau has been engaged in the...
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...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Cynthia Villar expressed confidence that President Ferdinand ‘’Bongbong’’ Marcos Jr. would prioritize the signing into law of a bill condoning the loans of farmers and agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs). Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture,...
Senator Cynthia A. Villar has filed a bill requiring all graduating senior high school and college students to plant two trees each as a civic duty for environment protection and preservation. In the explanatory note of Senate Bill (SB) 2228, an Act to be known as the “Graduating Students for...
Officers of TeaM (Philippines) Energy Corporation (TPEC), a subsidiary of TeaM Energy Corporation, and Kratos RES, Inc. (KRI) signed a two-year energy supply deal at the TeaM Energy corporate office in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. Under the agreement, TPEC will provide the power requirements of...
To celebrate May as the Month of the Ocean, Senator Cynthia A. Villar renewed her commitment to protect oceans and wetlands and preserve its significant role in nurturing life and supporting livelihoods not only in the country but worldwide. During the On-the-Spot Poster-Making Contest initiated by...
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...
(Unsplash) Nacionalista Party (NP) Spokesperson and Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar has paid tribute to the late Negros Oriental Governor Jorge Carlo Joan "Guido" Reyes. Reyes was the successor of the late former governor Roel Degamo, who was gunned down in broad daylight...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. led well-wishers of Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on her 45th birthday on Wednesday, May 31. Vice President Sara Duterte (Photo from Atty. Reynold Munsayac's Facebook page) Friends, supporters, and political allies also sent their...
OF TREES AND FOREST The most successful entrepreneurs don’t accept defeat; they face challenges and fight until they turn their dreams and vision into reality. That is the difference between success and failures. The latter happens only when you give up. This is the reason why I keep telling...
