The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform has sought the creation of an Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Task Force and an Anti-Smuggling Court to end the days of cartels that preyed on farmers and exacted high prices of agricultural produce in the markets. These were contained in a...
House Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar has promised to organize more sports events in the city in order to teach valuable lessons to the youth as well as to keep the community tightly knit. Deputy Speaker Camille Villar (center) leads the ceremonial jump ball at...
Senator Mark Villar on Sunday, February 12 commended President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. for signing 35 investment deals with Japan during his state visit to the country. Villar said he believes these trade agreements will further strengthen the bilateral ties between Philippines and Japan....
Senator Cynthia Villar is urging the Philippine Navy (PN) to join efforts to lift the Philippines away from its distressing position of being one of largest marine polluters in the world. Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, lamented the Philippines'...
All loans including interests, penalties and surcharges, due from P14.62 billion loans arising from the award of agriculture lands under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) as of December 31,2022 should be condoned. Cynthia A. Villar, chairman of the Senate agriculture, food and...
OF TREES AND FORESTS Former Senate President Manny Villar Being president is a complex and difficult job. The President has a multitude of responsibilities. He is the Chief Executive in that he overseas the entire bureaucracy of the Philippine government. He is the foremost architect of our foreign...
Vista Land & Lifescapes, Inc., the country’s largest homebuilder and one of the leading integrated property developers, has issued additional corporate notes amounting to P2.9 billion from its P12 billion corporate notes facility. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm...
TACLOBAN CITY – Sen. Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, has filed a bill declaring Panaon Island in Southern Leyte as a protected seascape under the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System Act or Republic Act 11038. VILLAR (FB) In...
Senator Cynthia A. Villar wants to declare Mulanay Watershed Forest Reserve (MWFR) in San Francisco, Quezon, as a 'Protected Area' (PA) in recognition of the richness of its biological resources- both flora and fauna. In filing Senate Bill 1691, Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar We are back. The Philippine economy beat expectations by recording a spectacular growth of 7.2 percent in the last quarter of 2022. This in turn contributed to a 7.6 percent growth for the whole year. This was nothing short of astounding in...
Citing the potential destruction of the large-scale habitat of Panaon Island in Southern Leyte, Senator Cynthia A. Villar wants to declare it a protected area. "Despite the presence of extensive coral reefs and vibrant fish communities, the abundance and biomass of commercially important species...
The economic managers of the Marcos administration have started discussing senators about the many issues surrounding the controversial Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) on Monday night, January 30. The briefing held at the Senate was done by Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno, Budget Secretary Amenah...
