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SENATOR Cynthia Villar on Tuesday said she thinks there is no rice shortage in the country and that the rice that should have been in the market are just stocked in the storage of traders. “For me,…
INQUIRER.NET on Monday (Aug. 20, 2018) posted a story quoting Sen. Cynthia Villar as saying there will be no extension on the closure of Boracay Island. Thus, the reopening of the resort island, the senator said, would…
THE congressional bicameral conference committee has approved a bill that would create the coconut levy trust fund, Senator Cynthia Villar said on Wednesday. “Na-adopt ang Senate version and then it will be managed by a reconstituted PCA,”…
Senator Cynthia Villar said there is a need to focus on the development of cacao and dairy industries in Cebu and the rest of the country to encourage Filipinos to patronize local produce. Villar said that only…
Public Works Secretary Mark Villar and Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi are the richest cabinet secretaries in the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, according to their recently released Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth. In a Radyo…
SENATOR Cynthia Villar on Thursday grilled officials of the National Food Authority (NFA) for allegedly selling rice to traders and not being proactive in buying rice from local farmers despite the dwindling supply of government-subsidized rice in…
Considered among the country’s poorest, coconut farmers now have the opportunity to improve their earnings by going into cacao and coffee intercropping, Sen. Cynthia Villar said Tuesday. Coconut farmers earn around of P1,500 monthly, which is way…
Public Works Secretary Mark Villar is the lone billionaire in the Duterte Cabinet with a P1.409 billion net worth, his latest Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net worth (SALN) showed. Malacañang released Thursday SALNs of the Cabinet…
Cebu will experience an “infrastructure boom” under the Duterte administration with four major projects aimed at resolving Metro Cebu’s traffic and flooding problems in the next few years. On top of the list is a P50 billion…
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar says implementation of a P50 billion Metro Cebu Expressway project will start next year. In an interview on Wednesday morning, Villar said the Metro Cebu Expressway will…
PUBLIC Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said he will address Cebu’s flooding and traffic problems “swiftly and relentlessly.” He said the 85 mm rainfall in Cebu that caused massive flooding and traffic gridlock in some parts…
PUBLIC works and highways Secretary Mark Villar will meet with Metro Cebu mayors and Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III to discuss ways to resolve the flooding in their respective areas today. Michael Dino, presidential assistant for the…
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