Senator Cynthia Villar has filed a bill that will help small farmers to quickly recover from the damage brought about by natural calamities, plant diseases and pest infestations. Senate Bill 140 or the Free Index-Based Agriculture Insurance Act establishes the enabling policy, regulatory, and funding support for a more effective crop insurance program. “With an […]
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Senator Cynthia Villar has welcomed another batch of backyard swine farmers and agriculture enthusiasts to the sustainable pig farming training program at the Villar SIPAG Farm School in Bacoor, Cavite. More than 30 participants coming from Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) and the National Capital Region signed up for the training program conducted […]
Senator Cynthia Villar is urging aquaculture practitioners and fish farmers to take part in solving the country’s plastic pollution problem which is now threatening the supply of fish. As 32 fish farmers coming from Calabarzon, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Albay, Catanduanes, Masbate, Camarines Sur, Sorsogon, Aklan, Pasay and Parañaque, graduated from the 5-day freshwater […]
CREATE A DEPARTMENT FOR OFWS – VILLAR
Senator Cynthia Villar has filed a bill creating a dedicated department that will look after the affairs of 12 million Filipinos working overseas. Senate Bill 141 which creates the Department of Migration and Development addresses the problem of redundant and difficult procedures and unnecessary fees government agencies impose on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Once enacted […]
Reelected Senator Cynthia Villar is urging graduates of the Pangasinan State University (PSU), San Carlos City campus to be involved in agriculture and business regardless of their chosen career as many opportunities await them in agriculture and agri-business. “There are many opportunities for the youth in agriculture like agri-business, farm tourism, mechanization, among others, especially […]
Senator Cynthia Villar wished for more developments for Bacolod City, which marked its 1st Charter Day celebration recently under the newly-approved Republic Act (RA) 11146. “Siyempre, gusto natin (Of course, we want) more developments for Bacolod. Mukhang maa-attain naman kasi makikita naman natin na maraming businesses na tinatayo dito sa Bacolod (It looks like it […]
Senator Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the committee on environment and natural resources, has expressed satisfaction over the rehabilitation of Boracay Island. Villar recently administered the oath of re-elected Iloilo City councilors Ed Peñaredondo, Candice Tupas, Lyndon Acap, and Mandrie Malabor; re-elected Iloilo Vice Governor Christine Garin; and several elected members of Iloilo province’s Sangguniang Panlalawigan […]
A 12-hectare business district, which is seen to provide job opportunities not only to Bulakenyos but also to residents from nearby provinces, will soon rise in the City of Malolos. Senator Cynthia Villar, together with Governor Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado and Vice Gov. Daniel Fernando and Robinsons Land Corporation (RLC) president and chief executive officer Frederick Go, […]
Reelected Senator Cynthia Villar has tapped the help of a group of women in Dasmariñas, Cavite to make bags out of the tarpaulins used during her campaign in the recent midterm elections. Villar, chair of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, said this recycling project benefits a small tailoring business, which employs mothers as […]
Reelected Senator Cynthia Villar led the groundbreaking of a socialized housing project in the village of Balubal in Cagayan de Oro under the City Housing and Urban Development Department (CHUDD) of the local government. “There are about 40 two-story buildings that will be built in a lot owned by the city government in this hinterland […]