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...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns we have experienced for more than a year now has crippled our economy but it has also resulted to some positive changes that we can take advantage of. These are transformations that we can fully utilize...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar This was the word used by the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) to describe the growing gap between the number of vaccines available to rich countries and the measly numbers given to developing countries. The latter rely mainly on...
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...
About 10 million hectares of forest are lost every year. Many reforestation efforts can go to waste if diversity is not involved in the process. Integrating genetic biodiversity in trees is a vital component that plays a huge role in the success of forest restoration. Trees with the same...
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...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar The numbers are disheartening. Last April 2 the country logged a total of 15,310 new COVID-19 cases (3,790 of which were backlogs). The following day the number of new cases was 12,576 which brought our active cases to a staggering 165,715....
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar The COVID-19 pandemic has turned our world upside down. It has changed the way we behave in our world. Walking around with face masks and shields, pouring alcohol on our hands every time we touch something, and our inability to do the most...
Just a few hours away from Manila is a 4.8-hectare agri-forest farm in Cavinti, Laguna. FarmShare Prime, as its owners say, “is a community-engaged farm in the Philippines. Setting itself as the center of the Backyard Animal Raising Technique for community profitability and sustainability.”...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar I received a very uplifting message from my Facebook page last week. It was from Rudy Alquero who recalled that I was the contractor of his family’s house at BF Resort Village in 1977-78. He recalled: “Manny Villar, I could not forget...
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...
The Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) has clarified that it was not anti-environment and was not endorsing deforestation. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST-FPRDI Director Romulo T. Aggangan lamented that because of its name, the...
