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Recognizing the power of women as effective partners for change and development, Senator Cynthia Villar is urging the women in Ilocos province to earn income and not just ask money from their husbands. In her speech during the Women’s Club Day in Piddig, Ilocos Norte where she was invited as guest of honor and speaker, […]
Residents of Las Piñas City gathered to watch the parade of giant colorful “parols” or Christmas lanterns made of recycled materials as part of this year’s celebration of the 13th Las Piñas Parol Festival. Senator Cynthia Villar and representatives from the local government joined spectators as giant lanterns made by local residents were paraded in […]
The Philippines sees the need for more international climate action that will better protect the 6 million-square kilometer Coral Triangle, which marine experts have cited as a center of marine biodiversity on Earth. Philippine Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu raised the urgency for elevating such need before the international community, noting climate change is already adversely […]
President Rodrigo Duterte commended former Senator Manny Villar and his wife, incumbent Senator Cynthia Villar, for helping government in the rehabilitation of drug dependents. Duterte made this remark as he led the unveiling of the markers of the new Las Piñas Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (DATRC) and Mella Hotel at the C-5 Road […]
The tax amnesty bill sponsored by Senator Sonny Angara is now only a step away from becoming a law after Senate ratified the bicameral report on the measure generally viewed as a “win-win” for both taxpayers and government. The tax amnesty bill grants those who have failed to pay for taxable year 2017 and prior […]
Senator Sonny Angara has called for the full implementation of laws protecting Filipino women against all forms of violence as the Philippines joined the rest of the world in marking the culmination of 16 days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign. The campaign–which ran from November 25, the United Nations International Day for the Elimination […]
Senator Sonny Angara lauded President Rodrigo Duterte’s signing of the First 1,000 Days Law, calling it “an important step towards securing a brighter future for Filipino children.” According to Angara, principal author of the law, mothers and their children are now assured of better health care services during the early days of child development with […]
The Bicameral Conference Committee has approved the reconciled version of a landmark anti-red tape measure seeking to modernize and streamline the permitting process of power generation, transmission, and distribution projects in the country. The Senate Committee on Energy, chaired by Senator Win Gatchalian, and the House Committee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Lord Allan Velasco […]
The Villar family led by former Senate President Manny and Senator Cynthia Villar celebrated their annual Christmas gift-giving and get-together with some 150 children from barangay Baseco in Tondo and barangay Iruhin in Tagaytay City at the Christmas Village in Crosswinds, Tagaytay. Joined by Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar and wife […]
Senator Cynthia Villar has sponsored in the Senate the proposed P122 billion proposed budget of the Department of Agriculture for 2019. “The Department of Agriculture’s budget is 3.34 percent of the proposed national budget amounting to P3.757 trillion.” Villar, chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Food, said DA’s budget is 3.34 percent of the […]