A ranking in Forbes Asia magazine’s August issue showed the Sy siblings remaining the richest family in the Philippines while Manuel B. Villar Jr. is still the country’s wealthiest individual. For this year, Forbes Asia noted that the combined wealth of tycoons on the list of Philippines’ 50...
Senator Cynthia Villar has filed Senate Bill (SB) 1014, or the "Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) Remittance Protection Act", for the purpose of protecting the money remittances of Filipino migrant workers. Villar, a known advocate of OFWs, has been crafting measures to ensure the protection and...
The proposed Sicogon Island Wildlife Sanctuary Act from the previous Duterte administration has lapsed into law, Senator Cynthia Villar said Wednesday, Aug. 10. Republic Act (RA) 119331 declared two parcels of land in Sicogon Island in the municipality of Carles, Iloilo as protected areas in the...
NOMO – A Vista Lifestyle Center Malling is a national pastime, and albeit the short break we Filipinos had from strolling around carefree in these places thanks to the pandemic, there is no denying it—doing whatever it is that we do in malls is back, and with a vengeance. This is the stage...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar When his parents gave him the name Fidel, they probably saw something in him that told them he was going to be great someday. Fidel is a name that was derived from the Latin “fidelis” which means “faithful”. And that embodied what...
Senator Cynthia Villar became the third victim of Covid-19 in the Senate in a span of one week. Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri revealed this during the plenary session Tuesday, Aug. 9 of the 24-member Senate. Villar, 72, still attended the session virtually. Senate Majority Leader Joel...
A pro-administration senator has said that pricing rice at P20 per kilo is not possible--at least, not yet. Senator Cynthia A. Villar, who retained her chairmanship of the Senate Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform Committee in the current 19th Congress, explained that the price of palay or...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar Two separate violent occurrences shook our world in the past week. The first was political while the second was natural. On July 24, 2022, a shooting incident marred what should have been a joyous occasion, the graduation ceremonies of the...
The new Agri-Agra law gives a much-needed break to the agriculture sector, Senator Cynthia Villar said on Tuesday Aug. 2. Villar explained that financing for farmers and fisherfolk would be expanded, and reaching the agricultural sector and promoting rural development would be more effective since...
Senator Cynthia Villar wants to place the Philippine (Benham) Rise under the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) in order to monitor and maintain the high biodiversity and pristine habitats in the Philippine Rise Marine Resource Reserve (PMRR). Legislation of the PMRR, Villar...
To raise awareness on the role of wetlands as the “cradle of biodiversity", Senator Cynthia Villar filed Senate Bill (SB) 124, or the National Wetlands Conservation Bill, during the opening of the 19th Congress this month. Speaking before the participants of the 8th Wetland Link International –...
The winners of the fifth Villar SIPAG Awards - Youth Poverty Reduction Challenge have been named. The Villar SiPAG Awards is an annual search for empowered youth organizations trying to make a significant impact in society through their advocacies, and is now on its fifth year. It is a friendly...
