The powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) today (June 1) bypassed the appointments of five nominees of the Duterte administration to three constitutional commissions and offices. The bypass came after Senator Cynthia A. Villar, chairwoman of the CA constitutional commissions and offices...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar Congress, the body Constitutionally mandated to canvass the votes for President and Vice President, has officially proclaimed Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. and Sara Duterte as the victors of the recently concluded May 2022 national elections. The...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar The votes that have been reflected in the COMELEC Transparency Servers and reported in real time by various media outfits and citizen watchdogs seem to show one thing—a landslide victory for the tandem of former Senator Ferdinand...
AllDay Supermarket, owned by listed AllDay Marts Inc. of the Villar retail group, reported a 33 percent jump in net profit to P95 million in the first quarter of 2022 from P71 million in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the chain said it recorded a 7.4...
AllHome, the country’s pioneering one-stop full line home center, reported a 7.7 percent increase in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) to P856.2 million in the first quarter of 2022. AllHome In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said it...
Senator Cynthia A. Villar today (May 11) said she is grateful for the appreciation and recognition given to her Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) given by Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Carlos ‘Sonny’ Dominguez. Dominguez said last month that Villar’s RTL is among the government's...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar By the time this column comes out, it would have been two days after our people have made their choice and cast their ballots. I am not sure if the winner has been clearly established by now but it seems the perfect opportunity to change from...
Even though the results of the May 2022 senatorial elections have yet to be final, senators are now keen on looking for the next possible Senate President in the upcoming 19th Congress. Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said there is a possibility Senator Cynthia Villar would be the next Senate...
A survey conducted by the RP- Mission and Development Foundation Inc. (RPMD) found that UniTeam Senate bet Mark Villar was the top preferred Senate bet among a sample of 10,000 voters. Senatorial candidate Mark Villar (MANILA BULLETIN) According to the results, Villar took 74.6 percent of the vote,...
UniTeam Senate bet Mark Villar placed second in a senatorial preference poll conducted by the OCTA Research Institute last April. (Photo from Mark Villar’s Facebook) The survey sampled 1,200 respondents from the A, B, C, D, and E socio-economic classes from April 22 to April 25. Villar took 55...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo He is known as the silent worker because his achievements are noteworthy, yet he is not one to boast. Secretary Mark A. Villar is that public servant whose passion and commitment to duty is best expressed through accomplishments, not words. He was elected for a third...
Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar was one of the 12 senatorial hopefuls whose candidacies were endorsed by the influential religious sect Iglesia ni Cristo (INC). (Photo from Mark Villar’s Facebook) The INC made the announcement during the “Mata ng...
