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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
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
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
[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
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
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
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
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
Senate topnotcher Cynthia Villar reports zero poll contributions
Senator-elect Cynthia Villar spends P135 million for the recent senatorial polls, with zero 'contributions received'
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%
On his birthday, Gatchalian endorses 6 out of 7 reelectionist senators
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian says he is endorsing the bid of his friends in Senate, whom he fully believes will serve 'with integrity'
Progressive groups fear new tariff law will lead to rice cartels
(UPDATED) But proponents of the new rice tariffication law say it will lower the price of the food staple to a level more affordable for Filipinos
Duterte officially endorses 11 chosen candidates for May 2019
(UPDATED) ''Pag natalo itong mga kandidato ko, balikan ko kayo,' President Rodrigo Duterte jokingly tells the audience during PDP-Laban's proclamation rally in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan
7 reelectionist senators band together for 2019 campaign, elections
Senate President Vicente Sotto III endorses all reelectionists, including opposition Bam Aquino, for 'unity'
MONITOR: Senate bets' TV ads a week before 2019 campaign period
These pre-campaign ads have allowed candidates' camps to spend on promotions without having to report them to the Comelec
Duterte’s chosen ones: Who will benefit most from the President’s endorsement?
The popular President Duterte is supporting multiple slates. His blessing will be more critical to some, than to others.
Senate approves bill lifting rice import limits
If the rice tariffication bill is passed into law, a Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund would be created to protect the rice industry from sudden or extreme price fluctuations
How 7 reelectionist senators voted on key issues, bills
This is how they voted on the Train Law, hero's burial for Marcos, martial law extension, Bangsamoro Organic Law, and other issues during the 17th Congress
Cynthia Villar files COC, justifies signing TRAIN law
The senator says signing the TRAIN law was a 'lesson learned'
Women in top 5 of Pulse Asia poll on 2019 senatorial race
Senators Grace Poe, Cynthia Villar, and Nancy Binay, Taguig City Representative Pia Cayetano, and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte Carpio lead the probable winners in the senatorial race, if elections were held in early September
Like Piñol, Villar urges Filipinos to plant vegetables to cope with inflation
'Hindi natin ma-stop ang hoarder, hindi natin ma-stop ang cartel, hindi natin ma-stop ang smuggling, we take care of ourselves,' says Senator Cynthia Villar
Stop eating galunggong, Villar tells public
'Better safe than sorry,' says the senator, as reports of formalin-tainted round scads persist
Villar furious over messy Boracay rehabilitation
Senate environment and natural resources committee chair Cynthia Villar lashes out at DILG and DENR officials for the dismal and unmet targets after almost 6 months of the island's closure
Villar pushes for P10-billion rice farmers' subsidy
Senator Cynthia Villar says she won't agree to rice tariffication if farmers would not get subsidies
Final version of coco levy bill shatters farmers' hopes
'Maaaring magtagal na naman ang aming paghihintay at pakikibaka bago makamit ng mga mahihirap at maliliit na magniniyog ang bunga ng coco levy,' says a national coalition of coconut farmers' movements
Coco levy bicam recognizes Suarez as House minority leader
(UPDATED) 'I don't understand why they keep on making noise. They have already lost,' says Quezon 3rd District Representative Danilo Suarez to the two other blocs challenging him for the minority leadership
'Nothing is impossible': Senators congratulate colleague Pacquiao
Senator Manny Pacquiao is hailed as the nation's 'pride and joy' as he emerges victorious in the ring against Argentine fighter Lucas Matthysse
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Grace Poe retains solo lead in Pulse Asia survey on 2019 race
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte Carpio, ex-top cop Ronald dela Rosa, and former senator Lito Lapid are among the other probable winners in the senatorial race, if elections were held during the June 15 to 21 polling period
