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By Alexander Villafania http://ph.news.yahoo.com/long-weekend-festivities-marks-kadayawan-2012-020613310.html DAVAO CITY – With the declaration of two holidays on August 20 and 21, the city of Davao has become a veritable fun spot for local and foreign tourists attending the 2012 Kadayawan Festival. In addition, the city was given a special non-working holiday by President Benigno Aquino III on August [...]
By Maila Ager INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines – Former Las Piñas Representative Cynthia Villar was elated on Tuesday by her big leap in the latest survey by the Social Weather Station (SWS), from 8th to 9th in January to 4th place this February. “This further encourages, energizes and inspires me to bring my message across [...]
http://www.tempo.com.ph/2013/02/trafficking-law-info-drive-urged/#.US2fHzAwrUJ Manila, Philippines – Team P-Noy senatorial candidate Cynthia Villar urged the InterAgency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) to mount a massive information campaign on the recently signed Expanded Anti-Trafficking Act of 2012 (RA No. 10364 or) to warn syndicates that the government means business in the fight against human trafficking. Villar, one of the [...]
FORMER Las Pinas representative Cynthia Villar said she can do more and push for her advocacies, particularly her “livelihood projects out of waste,” on a national scope if she wins in the Senate race in the May elections. Misis Hanep Buhay’s livelihood projects from wastes have gained international recognition when she was given the UN [...]
http://www.tempo.com.ph/2013/02/villar-vows-more-jobs-livelihood/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#.US2kpDAwrUJ Manila, Philippines – Senatorial aspirant former Las Pinas City Rep. Cynthia A. Villar vowed to pursue bills that would pave the way for the creation of more jobs and livelihood for Filipinos, particularly the impoverished. Villar continues to actively promote the barangay-based livelihood centers that she has successfully established in Las Piñas that [...]
By PRINCE GOLEZ-Senate Reporter Published from: panaynewsphilippines.com (http://www.panaynewsphilippines.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=99%3Aofw-summit-to-gather-7000-participants&catid=20%3Anation&Itemid=25) MANILA – A Camella house and lot, motorcycles, food carts and Kettle Korn franchises, among others, will be raffled off in the 2nd OFW and Family Summit to be held at the World Trade Center in Pasay City on November 22. Villar Foundation Managing Director Cynthia Villar said the [...]
By ANGELA CASAUAY Posted on November 8, 2012 Published from: rappler.com (http://ht.ly/f7hLn) ALLIANCE. (From left to right) Makabayan President Satur Ocampo, MTRCB Chairperson Grace Poe-Llamanzares, Sen Chiz Escudero, Bayan Muna Rep Teddy Casiño, Sen Loren Legarda, Former Las Piñas Rep Cynthia Villar, Gwen Pimentel (representing brother Koko Pimentel), and Makabayan Co-Chair Liza Maza. Photo by Angela Casauay [...]
By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez Posted on November 8, 2012 Published from: interaksyon.com (http://www.interaksyon.com/article/47549/cynthia-villar-im-no-beauty-queen-but-im-always-there-for-my-man) Former Las Piñas Representative Cynthia Villar says she was no beauty queen, but she was always there for her man. Villar said that people sometimes ask her what her husband, Senator Manuel Villar, saw in her when she was not beauty queen material. “I tell [...]
By Ma. Cristina C. Arzadon Posted on Tuesday 23rd of October 2012 Published from: pia.gov.ph (http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=331350876545) LAOAG CITY, Oct 23 (PIA) — Women weavers in five villages in the city have attended a skills training for conversion of water hyacinth, commonly known as water lilies, to functional and decorative items from bags, footwear, gowns and accessories. Attendees [...]
By AMBASSADOR JOSE A. ZAIDE Posted on October 18, 2012 Published from: mb.com.ph (http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/377712/the-water-lily-s-myriad-possibilities#.UKFGr-Thrls) CURIOUS why only a particular subdivision got flooded during a storm, the former Las Piñas Representative Cynthia Villar found out that water lilies clogging the river caused it to spill over the homes by the banks. She advised the homeowners of her discovery, [...]
