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Amid reports of spikes in the prices of commodities and services, Senator Cynthia Villar asked the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) to activate their price monitoring teams to guard against unreasonable price increases. “Unfortunately, there are businessmen who would take advantage of the situation and use the enactment […]
Senator Cynthia Villar has proposed for the use of locally-produced milk in the National School Feeding Program to help solve malnutrition among school children and to provide livelihood to poor dairy farmers. During the period of amendments on Senate Bill 1279 or the “Pagkaing Pinoy para sa Batang Pinoy Act” sponsored by Senator Bam Aquino, […]
Senator Cynthia Villar called for a comprehensive review of welfare and protective mechanisms for Filipino domestic workers bound for the Middle East in light of the President’s directive to cease OFW deployment to Kuwait. Villar, a staunch OFW advocate, noted that the rising number of women leaving to work abroad as domestic workers could lead […]
Senator Cynthia Villar commended the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for the launching of a program that will make passport applications more accessible to Filipinos. Passport on Wheels (POW), which was initiated by Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, was launched recently at the Villar SIPAG in Las Pinas and served about 1,500 applicants. “The […]
Senator Cynthia Villar has encouraged farmers to take advantage of the training programs and learning activities at the Villar Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance (SIPAG) to boost their knowledge on different agricultural technologies and develop financial literacy. Speaking at the recent graduation rites of trainees on Mushroom Production and Vegetable Farming in partnership […]
Senator Cynthia Villar recognized the crucial role of the Bureau of Agriculture & Fisheries Standards (BAFS) to ensure consumer safety while promoting the competitiveness of agriculture and fisheries products in the Philippines. “It is a two-fold goal that should not be at the expense of one or the other,” said Villar during the 19th Year […]
Twenty one outstanding cooperatives nationwide were recognized by the Villar Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance (SIPAG) of Senator Cynthia Villar, former Senate President Manny Villar and DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, for their exemplary poverty reduction strategies. Each of the cooperatives recieved P250,000 as seed money to start a new business or expand their […]
Vista Land Chairman and former Senate President Manny Villar has never forgotten his Tondo roots. As a way of giving back to the children of Tondo, Villar and his wife, Senator Cynthia Villar, has once again gave a one-of-a kind Christmas treat to 150 children from Baseco, Tondo, as well as Brgy. Iruhin, Tagaytay. The […]
A sibling of an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) won a “house and lot” from Camella Homes during the 7th OFW summit led by the Villar Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance (Villar SIPAG) at the World Trade Center. An elated Zysa Bisquera said she can’t believe she was the grand winner when her name […]
Senator Cynthia Villar, representing the Villar SIPAG Farm School, recently launched the Farmer’s Field School on Sustainable Pig Farming (FFS SPF), in partnership with the Agricultural Training Institute of the International Training Center on Pig Husbandry (ATI-ICPH). Fifty participants from Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Las Pinas have signed up for the 20-week training which […]