Senator Mark A. Villar has filed a bill seeking to grant 13th month pay for contractual and job order personnel in the government service. “Contractual workers (COs) and job order (JO) personnel play a vital role in government service. They fulfill their duties diligently and passionately...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has witnessed the conferment of The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun to former Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. by the Government of Japan. Former Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. (Ali Vicoy) The ceremony was held at the Malacañang Palace on...
A lifeline for poor cancer patients and their families. (National Cancer Institute/ Unsplash) That's how Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar described her measure, House Bill (HB) No.5686, which she filed in the current 19th Congress. If enacted, the bill would...
Recognized as one of the "World's Best Environmental Projects," the VIllar SIPAG's Las Piñas Kitchen Wastes Composting Project won the Energy Globe Award, the world's most prestigious award, for environmental sustainability. Representing Villar SIPAG is Senator Cynthia A. Villar where she is the...
ILOILO CITY – Sen. Cynthia Villar has emphasized the importance of dredging to clean up rivers and curb flooding during the monsoon season, especially in urban areas. SEN. Cynthia Villar speaks at the annual conference of the Solid Waste Management Association of the Philippines (SWAPP) in Iloilo...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar It was an aspiration that started blossoming in 2011. We held the 1st OFW and Family Summit on Nov. 24 with the theme “Kabuhayan Para sa Kinabukasan” which encapsulated our vision for Filipinos working abroad — that they acquire the...
The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) has approved the P3.22 billion initial public offering (IPO) application of Premiere Island Power REIT Corporation, the power and infrastructure real estate investment trust of the Villars’ Prime Asset Ventures, Inc. Premiere REIT is a REIT sponsored by...
A heated verbal exchange ensued between Senators Cynthia Villar and Raffy Tulfo when the latter raised the topic of private developers converting farmlands into residential and commercial spaces during the Senate’s deliberations on the proposed 2023 national budget. It was Tulfo who raised the...
Senator Cynthia A. Villar sponsored and defended the proposed 2023 P23.13 billion budget of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and its attached agencies before the Senate plenary session today, Nov. 16. Villar, chairperson of the Senate committee on environment, natural...
Medilines Distributors Inc. reported a 13 percent improvement in net income for the first nine months of 2022 to P111.93 million from the P99.34 million earned in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said it registered a 58 percent jump core income...
The proposed 2023 P737.36- billion budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) underwent full scrutiny during a Senate budget deliberation with Senator Mark Villar giving his full support to the department and stressing the importance of giving the agency its needed budget to...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar Build rather than burn bridges. This is one of the tenets I have adhered to in my life, professionally and personally. It is something that is difficult to do especially in our current times where social media has amplified divisions and...
