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Following its commitment to reinforce taking care of and conserving the environment, Las Piñas held its Waterlily Festival again. It is now in its 17th year. Through the festival, its founder, Senator Cynthia Villar, wants to continue instilling awareness about the importance of environmental sustainability for future generations. “Through this Waterlily Festival, we are able […]
In a timely response to the rising prices of rice in the country, Las Piñas Mayor Imelda Aguilar took a decisive stand to safeguard the city’s small-scale rice retailers, traders, and vendors. Under her leadership, the City Agriculture Office, in conjunction with the City Social Welfare and Development Office, distributed P15,000 in cash assistance to […]
Two years after a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Cynthia Villar kicked off the now 16th Ms. Waterlily Pre-pageant and presented the candidates for the search who came from the 20 barangays in Las Pinas City. “The Waterlily Festival in 2020 and 2021 were temporarily halted due to COVID pandemic, but we were […]
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar has entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar for the development of a healthcare facility for patients with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The MOA for the construction of the 96-bed isolation facility was signed during the Coordinated Operations to Defeat Pandemic […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has issued a serious warning on one of its traffic enforcers for not wearing a face mask while on duty following a complaint by a private citizen. Based on the complaint posted by a private individual on Facebook, a photo showed that Traffic Aide 2 Lucas Alcaraz Jr. was […]
Parol (Christmas lantern)-makers of Las Piñas and young local performers took center stage at the newly-inaugurated Tent at the Vista Global South for the 14th Las Piñas Parol Festival. The Parol Festival was a brainchild of Senator Cynthia Villar when she was still the representative of Las Piñas in a bid to boost the city’s parol-making […]
Senator Cynthia Villar and Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque led the soft opening of the Las Piñas Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center in Barangay Ilaya. The facility has a 2-storey building for female occupants with 86-patient capacity and a 3-storey building for male occupants with 158-patient capacity. The Villar family renovated two […]
The rich cultural heritage of Las Piñas City took centerstage once again in the celebration of the 14th Waterlily Festival. Senator Cynthia Villar, who started the festival in 2006, said the event through the years, has served the purpose of being the show window for the city’s most talented performers and the most beautiful and […]
Traffic in major thoroughfares in Las Piñas and in neighboring towns and cities is expected to ease in time for the holiday season as the second phase of the Las Piñas River Drive and fourth phase of the Zapote River Drive road projects were opened to motorists. Senator Cynthia Villar and daughter Camille led the […]