If President Duterte's Cabinet members were enrolled in a school, three officials would be vying for the valedictorian spot. President Duterte has praised Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, Public Works Secretary Mark Villar, and Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III for being the top performers...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar The first anniversary of the COVID-19 lockdown is upon us. It’s an anniversary that doesn’t inspire any celebration. But it should prod us towards introspection and assessment. Looking back, what were the things we should have done...
Lawmakers are now urging President Rodrigo Duterte to put the entire country under a state of emergency due to the prevalence of African Swine Fever (ASF), which has been consistently pushing pork prices higher to the detriment of meat-loving Filipinos. Such a call was made after industry leaders...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is set to resume the retrofitting and strengthening of Quezon Bridge in the City of Manila. (DPWH / MANILA BULLETIN) Public Works Secretary Mark A. Villar said this will cover the removal of structures and obstruction on the existing bracing, as...
The usual hour-long trip between Burol, Balagtas and Maasim, San Rafael in Bulacan will soon be cut in half. (DPWH / MANILA BULLETIN) This, as the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is set to inaugurate by April a portion of the 24.61-kilometer Plaridel Bypass road in Bulacan province....
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III was quoted last week as saying that “aside from our health-care workers, we will prioritize vaccinating our economic front-line workforce.” Sec. Dominguez, who heads President Rodrigo Duterte’s...
AllHome, the Villar retail group’s one-stop shop for home needs, has added another branch to its network outside Metro Manila as it opens a store in Cauayan City, Isabela. Situated in Brgy. Sillawit, Cauayan City, the latest addition to the AllHome store network boasts of a floor area of...
All Day Supermarket, a part of the Villar group’s AllValue retail ecosystem, is opening its first supermarket in Cebu on February 28, 2021 as part of the aggressive expansion of its store network across the country. The firm said its first branch that will open this year is located in Starmall...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar The next key step in our battle to fight the COVID-19 pandemic is to ensure that the vaccines can be administered to our people in the safest and fastest way possible. This is very important so that we can reduce infections and deaths due to...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar I read an interesting interview with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates over the weekend. A couple of years ago he was asked about work-life balance and this was what he had to say then: "For my particular way of being, it is true that I did not...
AllHome Corporation, owner of the country’s pioneering one-stop full line home center, is opening AllHome General Santos, its fourth branch in Mindanao, to kick off its expansion program this year. In a disclosure to the Phiippine Stock Exchange, the firm said it already has three branches in...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of technologies not only in surviving the lockdown but in navigating the new normal as we start to revive our economy and restart social activities. Some of these technologies were already...
