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Malacañang names 3 more 'anti-COVID czars'
Public Works Secretary Mark Villar is 'isolation czar,' Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong is 'tracing czar,' and Health Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega is 'treatment czar'
Cynthia Villar says sorry for offending middle-class workers
Senator Cynthia Villar says her intention was why middle class workers who still received salaries were included in the list of cash beneficiaries, thus taking the benefit from 'the poor and the unemployed'
'Mabuhay ang 1%!' Netizens slam Cynthia Villar for remark on middle-class Filipinos
'Bold of you to assume everyone's salaries are enough to sustain a family in this pandemic,' one netizen tells Senator Cynthia Villar
Villar: Why provide cash aid to middle class when they have salaries?
'Bakit bibigyan 'yung middle [class] eh may trabaho sila? Kahit lockdown, sumusuweldo sila,' Cynthia Villar says amid reports that at least 2.3 million private sector workers have been affected by the coronavirus lockdown
Pangasinan town police chief axed after joining mayor's birthday celebration
The Pangasinan provincial director says that, aside from Santo Tomas police chief Police Captain Peter Raul Sison, all those involved in the birthday celebration are being investigated
Pangasinan mayor’s birthday celebration violates lockdown rules
(UPDATED) The son of Mayor Timoteo Villar III of Santo Tomas, Pangasinan, says in the video he posted: 'O, tulog tayong lahat sa kulungan! Dami nating nilabag: curfew, social distancing'
DPWH completes PICC health facility in 7 days
The quarantine facility at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) has 294 patient cubicles
Manny Villar still Philippines' richest, most billionaires see drop in wealth
Manny Villar and Roberto Ongpin are the only gainers of all Filipino billionaires, according to Forbes. The rest see lower net worth amid turbulent markets and the coronavirus pandemic.
4 Cabinet officials test negative for coronavirus
They are among the government officials who went into self-quarantine after exposure to a person who later tested positive for COVID-19
Duterte Cabinet members in self-quarantine amid coronavirus fears
(UPDATE) At least 2 Cabinet members are isolating themselves and avoiding contact with the 74-year-old President Rodrigo Duterte
NLEX Harbor Link Malabon Exit open to motorists
The entire 2.6-kilometer NLEX Harbor Link C3-R10 Section is expected to open by March 2020
Villar says banning single-use plastics may be 'impossible'
The plastic industry resists banning single-use plastics even as environmental group EcoWaste points out that it's the solution to plastic pollution
DPWH opens 'game changing' bridge project in Kalibo
The new Kalibo Bridge III is inaugurated just in time for the Ati-atihan festival
DOJ distances water review from Villar Prime Water issue
(UPDATED) Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra asks Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay Villar to inhibit 'to dispel suspicions'
Heartless! Cynthia Villar slammed for comment on galunggong prices
The Philippines' richest senator comes under fire after wondering aloud why Filipinos still love the expensive galunggong
Villar on higher galunggong prices: 'Why eat it if too expensive?'
'Bakit ba patay na patay tayo? Mahal na ang galunggong. [Eh di] 'wag kumain ng galunggong,' says Senator Cynthia Villar, as the price of the fish shoots up
Look back: Duterte's tussles with big business
Going from threats to defying an international court order, President Duterte proves more and more that he will use every presidential power to pressure some of the country's biggest firms
Philippines, China sign 6 deals at high-level meeting in Manila
(UPDATED) The Panay-Guimaras bridge, Davao City Expressway, and Marawi sports complex are among the projects that have gained traction following the meeting between Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III and Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua
[OPINION] Let’s have coffee, Senator Villar, and talk about research
'You are one of the country’s best entrepreneurs.... I am confident that you know the significance of research and early innovation in an industry’s success, as smart a woman as you claim to be.'
[OPINION] Cynthia Villar: Champion of the 'personal interest first' policy
'How I wish that in the future, the Senate may have a more strict way of selecting chairpersons for committees. Put someone in the agricultural committee who does not forget that their service is for the country and the people.'
Netizens dare officials: Dengvaxia shot for Persida, rice planting for Cynthia
After Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo's commute stunt, netizens dare other officials to put their money where their mouth is
Senators want Philippines to stop exporting sugar to U.S.
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri says Philippine sugar is better off sold to local companies than be exported to the United States
Greta's truth-telling and Bolsonaro's politics of denial
Climate change, the Amazon, and Metro Manila congestion
Cynthia Villar wants to drastically cut Pasig River rehab body’s budget
Senator Cynthia Villar wants the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission's budget for 2020 to be cut by half and claims that the body should not be doing relocation projects
Senate identifies 21 schools tapped to train Filipino farmers for free
A portion of the P10 billion Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund is a P1 billion allocation to bankroll the free training courses of the farmers to modernize their skills
Where's P4 billion for farmers? Villar grills DBM, DA
Senator Cynthia Villar wants the Department of Agriculture to account for how it used the funds that the Department of Budget and Management released in 2018
Villar claims NFA campaigned against her in May 2019 elections
Senator Cynthia Villar blasts the National Food Authority for not buying palay from local farmers due to high moisture content – a charge the new NFA chief denies
Defending its budget, DPWH says 18 contractors blacklisted
Despite the controversies hounding the DPWH budget, most of the questions of lawmakers during the budget hearing involved parochial concerns of their districts
SEC approves stock market debut of Manny Villar's AllHome
The Securities and Exchange Commission approves the planned initial public offering of Manny Villar's AllHome and coconut product manufacturer Axelum Resources
Villar urges Landbank to ease loan process for sugar farmers
Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate committee on agriculture, says Landbank was taking too long to process farmers' loan applications
'Mahusay!': Duterte impressed by Mark Villar, Tugade, Lopez
President Rodrigo Duterte gives 3 Cabinet members a thumbs up for their performance
Passage of land use act will earn ire of local governments, Cynthia Villar says
Deciding how to utilize land should be determined by LGUS, according to the senator, whose committee in the past Congress failed to pass the measure
Rice imports undervalued? 'That's BOC's problem,' says Cynthia Villar
Senator Cynthia Villar says the problem isn't in the rice tariffication law which she authored
Manny Villar's AllHome eyeing to go public in 2019
If AllHome Corporation's initial public offering pushes through, it would be the 4th listed company of Manny Villar, the richest Filipino
IN PHOTOS: Pro-Duterte senators-elect take oath in Malacañang
In two separate ceremonies, 8 Duterte-allied senators take their oath before the Chief Executive in the presence of their family and supporters
Philippines, Japan sign $202-million loan deal for Mindanao roads
Among the roads to be reconstructed and improved are those damaged in war-torn Marawi City, where delays have plagued the rehabilitation
Senate topnotcher Cynthia Villar reports zero poll contributions
Senator-elect Cynthia Villar spends P135 million for the recent senatorial polls, with zero 'contributions received'
Villar, Cusi still richest Cabinet members in 2018
Meanwhile, at least 4 Cabinet secretaries have net worths below P10 million, based on available Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth in 2018
Amid Senate leadership row, Pimentel tells Villar: Mind your own party
'Mind your own party. Kung may problema ka sa party mo, do not assume na may problem kami sa party namin,' says PDP-Laban president and Senator Aquilino Pimentel III
WATCH: Cynthia Villar refuses to sign resolution backing Sotto leadership
'Huwag n'yo ko idadamay sa away n'yo. Bakit hindi n'yo kausapin si Sotto at mga kapartido ninyo para matapos ang gulong ito?' an irked Senator Cynthia Villar tells senators Aquilino Pimentel III and Manny Pacquiao
Drilon to Senate newbies: Study first, leadership quarrels later
'Sana mag-aral po muna 'yung mga baguhan,' says Senate veteran Franklin Drilon
Cynthia Villar still richest senator in 2018
Senator Cynthia Villar's declared net worth rises to P3.72 billion in 2018, with zero liabilities
Ghosts of an anomalous past: Cases, controversies hounding new senators
A number of the new senators also have their share of controversies, including being accused of violating certain laws and becoming subjects of investigations
The rise of Cynthia Villar: How politics, money, networks made her No. 1
Hers was not a one-time surprise ascent but a deliberate, steady, and sure climb
Cynthia Villar, Grace Poe top elections in first transmission
Former Special Assistant to the President Bong Go grabs the third spot
Cynthia Villar dislodges Grace Poe as Senate race front-runner – Pulse Asia
With just days to go before election day, only 3 in 10 registered voters have a complete slate of 12 candidates, according to the final preelection survey of Pulse Asia Research, Incorporated
Reelectionist senators join forces amid blurry political lines in 2019
Senate leaders and other incumbent senators also lend a helping hand, in an attempt to preserve the 'camaraderie' and 'status quo' in the chamber
Tito Sotto endorses all 7 reelectionist senators
'Ako po'y 27 taon nang senador. I have been with the best and the brightest,' says Senate President Vicente Sotto III, as he makes a pitch for the 7 senators seeking reelection
Recto endorses Roxas, reelectionist bets in 2019 Senate race
Senators Cynthia Villar and Juan Edgardo Angara also attend the Bangon Lipa rally
Villar, Poe share top spot among Senate bets in Pulse Asia survey
(UPDATED) The results of the Pulse Asia survey show voters' preference for Senator Cynthia Villar at 51.7%, slightly higher but statistically tied with Senator Grace Poe's 50.5%
