OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar Let me start by greeting everyone a very Happy New Year. I hope everyone had a nice and safe holiday break with loved ones and family. And I hope all of us are recharged to face the challenges of the new year. Let us make 2022 a rebound year....
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo There’s a popular saying that goes, “When a door closes, another one opens.” Such is not the case for the richest man in the Philippines, real estate tycoon and former Senate President Manny B. Villar. He does not wait for another door to open, he builds his own...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar This has been a year of rebounds. We have survived periodic surges of the coronavirus and the ineffectual hard lockdowns that followed increases in daily infection rates. We have survived the loss of jobs and the economic downturn. Not only...
Vista Land & Lifescapes, Inc., one of the Philippines’ leading integrated property developers and the country’s largest homebuilder, took home the coveted Prix D’excellence Developer of the Year Award in the recently concluded FIABCI Philippines Property and Real Estate Excellence Awards....
The Best Dressed Women of the Philippines launches its second coffee table book BEST DRESSED WOMEN OF THE PHILIPPINES Committee members from left: Consul Betty Chua, consul Marian Ong, Dr. Mildred Vitangcol, Mario O. Katigbak, consul Agnes Huibonhoa, Ellaine Villar, Flora Chua, consul Helen Ong,...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar It’s heartbreaking to see the devastation brought about by typhoon “Odette.” According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), the reported death toll has risen to 31. This is expected to increase as...
AllDay Supermarket, the fastest growing supermarket operator in the Philippines, continues to ramp up its expansion in Metro Manila with the opening of a new location in the Villar group’s Eastlake development in Sucat, Muntinlupa. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, AllDay said...
Vice presidential aspirant Sara Duterte-Carpio inaugurated on Wednesday the Inday Sara Duterte Ako (ISDA) headquarters in Quezon City. Duterte-Carpio was joined by his senatorial pick and former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Sec. Mark Villar in the event. “Malaking karangalan po...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar Our people deserve a Happy Christmas this year. After prolonged lockdowns, anxiety about their jobs and their future, Filipinos deserve to celebrate this coming holidays with a sense of normalcy and, of course, cautious celebration. And you...
Former Build, Build, Build committee chair Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo’s book takes the reader across 29,264 kilometers of roads and 5,950 bridges throughout the Philippines ROAD WORK AHEAD Cover of the Night Owl Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo’s Night Owl is a detailed look at where the Philippines is...
Presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has included former Public Works and Highways and senatorial candidate Mark Villar in his senatorial slate for the upcoming 2022 elections. Marcos Jr. confirmed Villar's inclusion in the UniTeam ticket after the former Cabinet member joined him...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar It is nice to see people going out again. I saw families roaming our malls again, friends chatting over coffee. Strangely, I have missed the cacophony of noises of people talking and coffee machines whirring. After months of “captivity”...
