Candidates do not need to be bothered by money when campaigning during elections, as donations or contributions will come to them if they are really set to win. This was Senator Cynthia Villar's two cents as the Senate discussed Wednesday, May 19, the bill seeking to increase the allowable campaign...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar I was reviewing my new website ( www.mannyvillar.com.ph ) that we recently launched. It is a beautiful website that includes information about myself and what we have built over the years in terms of our business. It is meant to inform but...
AllHome Corporation, the pioneering one-stop shop home store in the Philippines, posted a 26 percent jump in net income to P344.2 million in the first quarter of 2021 from the P270 million earned in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said revenues...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar is known to spend quality time with his family during weekends. (Photo from Secretary Mark Villar's Facebook) This weekend was no exemption, and the "chief builder" of the Duterte administration spent Sunday, May 16 in particular...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) continues to crank out health-related facilities amid the persisting coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. A health center in the mountains of Iloilo. (Photo from DPWH) This, as the agency bared on Sunday, May 16 the completion of a two-storey...
The widening works on the 70.6-meter Labato Bridge in Barangay Namabbalan, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan province have been completed, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) revealed on Sunday, May 16. The newly-widened Labato Bridge. (Photo from the DPWH) DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar said...
The Department of National Defense (DND) and Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) jointly inaugurated multiple infrastructure projects at Camp O’ Donnell in Capas, Tarlac on Friday, May 14. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark...
The Villar Group has successfully conducted the first session of its webinar series that aims to educate its workforce about the COVID-19 vaccines, and promote vaccination among its employees and their families. The webinar is part of Villar Group’s vaccination initiative, VHealthy, which...
The Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) Subsection 5, a 7.2km, 2x2 lane expressway linking the Sta. Rosa-Tagaytay Road to Silang, Cavite, is now 94 percent complete and will be opened to motorists this third quarter, 2021. This section of CALAX will cut travel time to Silang from the current one hour...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar There has always been as debate whether successful entrepreneurs are born or made. It’s the classic nature versus nurture debate. Some argue that successful entrepreneurs were born with certain personality and aptitude traits that made them...
A total of 161 out the 178 local government units (LGUs) surrounding the Manila Bay area have been provided with shredder-composter units by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). (Photo from DENR Facebook page) The turnover of the units--made possible through the office of...
Vista Mall Taguig Villar-owned malls announced shortened operating hours for their malls effective April 12, 2021. These new mall hours follow IATF and LGU guidelines in accordance with restrictions on establishments under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). Supermarkets, pharmacies,...
