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DPWH eyes opening of Cavite-Laguna Expressway segment in October

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 05:17 PM

The segment is expected to serve around 10,000 vehicles per day and decongest Governor’s Drive, Aguinaldo Highway, and Sta. Rosa-Tagaytay Road.  Read more »

Villar grills DA chief on use of rice competitiveness enhancement fund

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 11:43 PM

The Department of Agriculture was grilled over its use of the fund aimed at upgrading the competitiveness of Filipino farmers in a senate inquiry on the rice tariffication law. Read more »

Villar says NFA campaigned against her

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 08:29 PM

MANILA - Sen. Cynthia Villar on Wednesday claimed that the National Food Authority (NFA) campaigned against her in the recent senatorial polls, which she incidentally topped. Read more »

4 million bags of imported rice still in NFA warehouses, admits administrator

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 07:25 PM

MANILA - Senators Cynthia Villar and Imee Marcos on Wednesday grilled the chief of the National Food Authority (NFA) for the agency’s failure to sell some 4 million bags of imported rice in its warehouses. Read more »

Senate bill layong higpitan ang patakaran sa pagbebenta ng lupang sakahan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 08:23 PM

Isang panukalang batas na haharang sa mabilis na pagbebenta ng lupang sakahan ang inihain sa Senado.   Read more »

AllHome's 3 new stores bring its total branches to 27

AllHome
Updated as of Aug 06 02:33 PM

AllHome marked a milestone with the opening of these shops, which brings to 27 AllHome's branches nationwide. Read more »

Senators seek probe into use of P10-B farmers' fund

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 02 03:14 PM

MANILA - Several senators have raised concern about the use of the P10 billion annual fund meant to help farmers affected by the influx of imported rice. Read more »

Where is P4-B fund for farmers? Villar wants Senate probe

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 02 10:43 AM

Sen. Cynthia Villar is seeking a legislative inquiry into P4 billion in funds that should have gone to programs for increasing the production of local farmers under the rice tariffication law. Read more »

Section of CAVITEX- C5 Southlink opens

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 05:27 PM

Motorists traveling between Taguig and Pasay City can expect faster travel times starting Tuesday night as a segment of the C5 Southlink Expressway is opened to the public, the Public Works and Highways Department said.  Read more »

New Skyway segment opened, cuts Manila-Makati travel time

Jacque Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 22 02:56 PM

A new segment of the Skyway Stage 3 tollway was opened to the public on Monday cutting travel time from Buendia in Makati to Paco, Manila to just 6 minutes from an hour previously.    Read more »

Villar: Federalism shift hard to push due to 'big resistance'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 20 01:46 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte's planned shift to federalism may not prosper in the 18th Congress as the public is okay with the current system of government, Sen. Cynthia Villar said Saturday. Read more »

Amid pollution worries, Cynthia Villar wants single-use plastics banned

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 19 09:37 PM

Under the Single-Use Plastic Product Regulation Act of 2019, the manufacturing, importation, and use of single-use plastic products will be regulated.  Read more »

VIDEO: Road-testing the C5 Southlink—set to make Pque to Taguig drive a breezy 10 mins

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Jul 03 01:37 PM

The C5 Southlink project, which opens this July, promises to help decongest Metro Manila traffic and cut C5 to Coastal Road travel time by an hour. DPWH Secretary Mark Villar takes ANCX to a road test. Read more »

LOOK: L-Ray Villafuerte and son Migz take oath of office in CamSur

Rizza Mostar, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 30 12:23 PM

Senator Cynthia Villar leads the oath-taking ceremony for Camarines Sur Governor Miguel Luis "Migz" Villafuerte and his father, Second District Representative Luis Raymund "LRay" Villafuerte.  Read more »

Hugpong senators-elect take oath

Simeon Celi, Jr, Presidential Photo
Posted at Jun 26 12:26 PM

President Duterte leads the oathtaking of newly elected senators from the Hugpong ng Pagbabago during a ceremony at the Malacañan Palace on Tuesday. Read more »

Duterte Cabinet still club of billionaires, multimillionaires in 2018

Kia Obang, ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group
Updated as of Jun 24 10:47 AM

MANILA - Two of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Cabinet members remained billionaires in 2018 while the rest are still multimillionaires, according to their latest sworn Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALNs).    Read more »

Villar backs Duterte on Reed Bank incident

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 19 03:03 PM

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental - Sen. Cynthia Villar on Tuesday backed President Rodrigo Duterte's statement that the Recto (Reed) Bank allision between a Filipino fishing boat and a Chinese vessel was a minor maritime incident. Read more »

Imee Marcos says no personal money spent in Senate bid

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 07:01 PM

Her mother, former first lady and outgoing Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos had ranked as the third richest lawmaker in 2018. Read more »

Infighting among senators continues on last day of 17th Congress

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 11:22 PM

Cracks in the Senate majority bloc appear to widen after a resolution of support for Senate President Vicente Sotto III is angrily rejected by Senator Cynthia Villar.  Read more »

Go: PDP-Laban backs Sotto leadership

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 04 09:25 AM

DAVAO CITY - Senator-elect Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go said Monday the PDP-Laban party supports the leadership of Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto. Read more »