Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 21:34:31 +0000
The Duterte administration should trim down the number of senatorial candidates it was supporting to avoid ballot mistakes that could invalidate votes, according to Sen. Cynthia Villar, who is running for reelection as an administration candidate.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 07:19:40 +0000
From 15 years old, the emerging consensus is to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 13, Senator Cynthia Villar has disclosed.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 21:35:21 +0000
Some P53 billion in allocation for the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has been diverted to infrastructure projects that were not originally proposed by the department, according to Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 03:22:02 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – The bombing of the Roman Catholic cathedral in Jolo, Sulu, on Sunday was “clearly an act of terrorism,” Senator Cynthia Villar said Monday. Villar feared that the bombing could be an attempt to undermine the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law and the creation of the new Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 21:26:26 +0000
A measure opening the doors to the unrestricted importation of rice is now awaiting President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 14:03:59 +0000
Sen. Cynthia Villar denies the claim of Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol that NFA will not be able to sell cheap rice with tariffication.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 14:03:59 +0000
Sen. Cynthia Villar denies the claim of Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol that NFA will not be able to sell cheap rice with tariffication.
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Two commissioned senatorial surveys of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) conducted on the same period presented two different sets of probable winners.
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All 18 senators present on Monday passed on the final reading a measure that will provide coconut farmers greater representation in the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) board, which was tasked to manage the coco levy fund.
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President Duterte’s directive to the National Food Authority (NFA) to maintain a 60-day buffer stock could be done only through importation, according to Senator Cynthia Villar.
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