Senator Cynthia A. Villar on Tuesday, April 27, sought a Senate-Malacañang compromise on a controversial presidential order increasing a minimum access value (MAV) of and reducing tariff rates on pork imports. Senator Cynthia Villar during the hybrid hearing of the Senate Committee of the Whole on...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) took to Facebook Monday, April 26 to flex its growing list of accomplishments under the Duterte administration during the past five years. DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade (Photo from DOTr Facebook page) Since the agency covers the land, sea, and air sectors, the...
No wonder President Duterte thinks Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar is "amazing". (DPWH Secretary Mark Villar/ Photo screengrab from PCOO Facebook page) Villar, the Duterte administration's chief builder, said during the pre-SONA (State of the Nation Address)...
Senator Cynthia Villar on Monday, April 26, praised the reported achievements of government agencies in implementing the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), particularly the funds meant to aid local rice farmers amid the liberalized importation of the commodity. (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo/Jansen Romero)...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has started building another set of "pop-up" hospitals at the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP) in Quezon City, the agency said in a statement Sunday, April 25. DPWH secretary and isolation czar Mark A. Villar said that the modular health...
A modular hemodialysis facility will soon rise within the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) in Quezon City to accommodate patients with kidney illness who need to undergo regular lifesaving treatment amid the surging cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). NKTI Hemo-Facility The...
The construction of the Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge that links Mandaluyong and Makati has entered the "wrap-up" stage, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Saturday, April 24. Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge The bridge project entering the "wrap-up" stage means the substructure and...
Vista Land & Lifescapes, Inc., one of the country’s leading integrated property developers and the largest homebuilder, reported a 45 percent decline in consolidated net income to P6.4 billion last year due to the impact of the pandemic. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) today (April 22) formally opened the Nagtahan northbound and southbound exit ramps of the new Skyway Stage 3 elevated expressway enabling motorists north and south to access Sta. Mesa and the City of Manila directly, in record time, announced President Ramon S. Ang. San...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar As Filipinos continue to struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic, a different kind of outbreak has caused a shortfall in pork production and subsequently caused a sharp increase in food prices. While the African Swine Fever (ASF), which has...
Villar-owned BRIA Homes has opened easy and flexible payment terms for their condominium units, targeting the millennials. In a statement, BRIA Homes President Red Rosales said they have opened the Astra Vertical Villages for as low as P10,000 monthly amortization through flexible payment...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar I applaud the decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to allow the private sector to import COVID-19 vaccines “at will”. “No matter the price or how many they want to import, that is fine with me,” the President was quoted as saying...
