News Releases

November 2008

• Senate Resumes Sessions Tomorrow; Villar Assures Early Approval of 2009 Budget
• Villar on Obama
• Another Maltreated OFW from Bahrain Thanks Villar for Her Quick Repatriation

October 2008

• "Girlie" Comes Home with Eight Other OFWs in Distress
• Transcript of Interview with Senate President Manny Villar
• Guiarhata Diadel's Agony in Jordan Ends: Harassed, Detained OFW to Come Home with Eight Others
• Villar, Miss Earth, Team up for the Environment
• Statement on Bolante
• Villar Recognized for Achievement as a Home Builder
• Villar: Bolante Should Voluntarily Surrender and Explain Himself
• 23 Cebuano OFWs Set to Arrive from Trinidad
• Villar Welcomes SC Decision Declaring MOA-AD Unconstitutional
• IPU 119th Assembly Villar to Discuss International Issues with Foreign Lawmakers
• On Distressed OFWs in Trinidad: Villar Extends Help for Repatriation
• Villar: Senate Remains Focused on Legislative Work, Approves 184 Measures
• Villar Warns Against Illegal Recruitment for Macau

September 2008

• With Villar's help: Rescued OFW from Bahrain Arrives in Manila
• Cry from Bahrain Heard: Villar Interecedes to Rescue, Repatriate OFW
• Villar Urges Formation of Emergency Group to Help Stranded Pinoys in Middle East
• Villar Repatriates 23 Distressed OFWs from Jordan, Bats for Better Protection of Filipino Workers Abroad
• TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW in DZMM with Neil Ocampo With Senate President Manny Villar
• TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW in Dos por dos with Anthony Taberna & Gerry Baja With Senate President Manny Villar
• Villar in Jordan to Bring Home OFWs in Distress
• Villar Wants Concrete Steps to Ride Out Effects of US Crisis to RP
• Senate to Approve Bill Updating Fire Code of the Philippines, Villar Vows
• 7-Percentage Point Leap; Villar Posts Biggest Gain in Pulse Asia Trust Survey
• Villar on the Alledged Double Funding Issue
• Senate Will Scrutinize P1.4 Trillion Proposed Budget, Says Villar
• Leading Cause of Death in the Country: How's Our TB treatment Program? - Villar
• SC Decision on Neri Case Ominous, Says Villar
• Villar on the Dissolution of the GRP Peace Panel
• Villar Urges Relentless Pursuit of Davao Bombing Perpetrators
• ON VILLAR'S INTERCESSION: Saudi Embassy Defers Implementation of Controversial "Unified Contract" Rule
• CEBU CONVENTION: Villar Pushes Entrepreneurship Among Iloilo Barangays Leaders
• Villar on Tia Dely's Demise
• Senate Cites Kilyawan Boys Choir
• Senate Hails Filipino Chef in Beijing Olympics

August 2008

• Villar Calls for Review of AFP Modernization Implementation
• Villar Seeks Protection for OFWs to be Affected by New EU Immigration Policy
• Villar Cites Need for Health Attaches
• Villar: Senate Approves Bills Professionalizing the Military
• Villar Hears Mother's Plea: OFW To Get Decent Burial
• Pour Aid, Advance IRA of Strife-Hit Towns - Villar
• Villar on Filipino Seafarers in Distress:
• 14 Distressed OFWs Who Sought SP Help Finally Home; Villar Cites DFA, OWWA
• Villar Gives Aid to Returning OFWs Anew
• Villar on RMN Coverage of the Mindanao Attack
• Villar on MILF Attack in Mindanao
• Five Distressed OFWs from Jordan Arrive in Manila
• Villar Files Resolution Commending High School Students Who Won in Int'l Physics Competitions
• Villar on Charter Change
• Villar on ARMM Elections
• Villar on RMN Broadcaster Martin Roxas
• Villar on the MILF-GRP Pact
• Villar Denounces Shooting of Broadcaster in Gen San
• Pinoys Remain Satisfied with Villar's Performance as Senate President; Villar Welcomes Highest Satisfaction Rating Among Top Public Officials
• Mag-iitik Leads NP's Pondo Awardees
• Villar Urges Government to Act on Fishermen's Woes
• Nationwide Search for Entrepreneurs: NP Awards Centennial Gift of P100k Each to 16 Winners
• NP Exhibits Products of Pondo Winners

July 2008

• P100k “Pondo sa Sipag, Puhunan sa Tiyaga”; NP to Name Winners of Nationwide Search for Promising Entrepreneurs
• To Protect Victims of Violence Against Women and Children: Villar Files ‘Address Confidentiality’ Bill
• Villar Laments SONA Snub of OFWs
• Villar Urges Enactment of New Salary Standardization Law, Rehabilitation Fund for Typhoon Frank Victims
• Villar: Senate to Prioritize Measures Addressing High Costs of Fuel and Food
• Villar Visits Romblon
• Villar’s Helpline Brings Home More OFWs
• Cebuano Families Seek Out the Senate Presidents Help: Villar to Bring Home Distressed OFWs in Riyadh
• While Welcoming Vecina Case Triumph: Villar Urges Gov’t Attention for All OFWs in Death Row
• Villar Files Resolution Hailing Las Piñas Boys Choir for Winning Gold in the 5th World Choir Games in Austria
• Villar Bats For July 16 as Annual Nat’l Quake Drill Day
• To Avert Crisis in Fish Industry; Villar Pushes Gov’t Support for Fishermen
• Villar to DoH : Be Careful With Health Advisories
• Villar Leads Relief Efforts in Aklan
• Kasimanwas in Pavia, Iloilo Thank Villar’s Prompt Action to Help Typhoon Victims
• Villar Leads Relief Efforts in Iloilo
• Mysterious Death in Dubai; OFW’s Remains Arrive in the Country
• Senate Reports Performance
• Villar Wants Education Targets Set
• Villar Files Resolution Urging Senate Labor Committee to Inquire into Status of OFWs in Death Row

June 2008

• Senate Leads Relief Efforts in Iloilo
• Villar: Latest Maritime Accident Undermines Competence of Filipino Seafarers
• Senate Continues to Gather Donations For Victims of Typhoon Frank
• Senate Extends Help to Victims of Typhoon Frank
• Villar, Migrante Tie Up Eforts to Protect OFWs
• Villar Wants Pre-Departure Loans to OFWs Restored
• Villar on CARP
• Villar Visits Repatriated OFW in her Bacolod Home
• Villar Seeks Justice for Pinay Who Mysteriously Died in Saudi
• First Regular Session of the 14th Congress; Villar: Pro-poor Bills Highlight Senate Accomplishment
• On Ces Drilon
• Villar Helps Tondo Fire Victims
• Villar Urges Transparent Implementation of Fertilizer Subsidy for Farmers
• Villar: Why are Fishermen Left Out in Subsidy Program?
• Villar to Rice Task Force: Inspect Warehouses Nationwide

May 2008

• Transcript of Interview with Senate President Manny Villar
• Senate Marks National Flag Day
• Villar Sees Early Approval of Tax Relief Bill in Bicam Meet
• Increase in OFW Assistance Funds Needed Villar: Number of Jailed Filipinos Overseas Alarming
• Transcript of Interview (with Anthony Taberna & Gerry Baja of DZMM’s Dos Por Dos)
• To Solve the Rising Woes on Illegal Recruitment; Villar Wants No-Fault Insurance for OFWs
• Villar Bats for Multiyear PNP Modernization Program
• Villar on Ka Bel's Demise:
• Villar Calls for the Immediate Repatriation of Stranded OFWs in Middle East
• Transcript of Interview With Sen. President Manny Villar
• Villar Wants Judges, Lawyers in Far-Flung Areas to Have a Hazard Pay
• Transcript of Interview With Sen. President Manny Villar
• Ensure Delivery of Services and Benefits to OFWs; Villar: Freezing of 5K OFW Loans Ironic Amid Billion Peso Anomalies
• Kiamco is 1st Villar Cup Champion: Villar Congratulates Cebuano Cue Artist
• TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW With Senate President Manny Villar DZMM with Anthony Taberna and Gerry Baja
• Villar Hits OWWA Decision to Stop Pre-departure Loans to OFWs

April 2008

• On Bill Exempting Minimum-Wage Earners from Income Tax
• Statement on the Return of 151 OFWs
• Villar Bats for P1B Fund to Bring Home OFWs in Distress
• Villar Cup Billiards Tournament to Open May 6
• Villar Welcomes OFWs, Warns Violators of Immigration Laws
• Five Maltreated OFWs Arrive from UAE
• Gas Subsidy Urged to Avert Possible "Fish" Crisis
• After Preparation of 10 OFWs from Jordan: Villar Brings Home Five More Maltreated OFWs from UAE
• Villar: Rice Distribution Must Be "Politics-Free"
• Earth Day Celebration; Villar: Clean Up the Planet, Use Eco-Friendly Bags
• Villar Brings Home Maltreated OFWs
• Senate resumes session; Villar: Senate to Focus on Bills Addressing Economic, Social and Environmental Concerns
• Villar Says Supplemental Budget May Be Needed for FIELDS
• Villar To Ask IPU’s Help in Poverty Alleviation, Food Shortage
• Villar: MR Presents Fresh Argument on the Significance of Internet in Policy Making
• Villar Urges SC to Take a Second Look at Neri Decision for a "Workable Government"
• Use P5 B-Subsidy to Stop Black Bugs Infestation, Villar Urges
• Villar Says AFMA Underspending Led to Rice Crisis
• Villar Laments Use of SC Ruling to Defeat Check and Balance

March 2008

• Villar Moves to End NFA Monopoly on Rice Importation
• Villar: Senate Awaits JMSU, Other Documents on Spratlys Deal
• Villar: End Rice Cartel Now and Avert Looming Rice Crisis
• Social Legislation at the Heart of Senate’s Bill-Passing Spree, Despite investigations, Senate Remains Focused on Duty to Legislate, Says Villar
• Visiting Chinese Leader Assures Villar ‘Friction’ Will Not ARP-China Relations
• Villar Urges Malacañang to Allow Unhindered Public Scrutiny of Spratlys Deal Documents
• Villar Says Public Schools Should Remain Zones of Free Speech
• Villar Says Rise of Filipinos Living in Poverty to 27.6M “Obscene”
• Villar to Greedy Group: Appear or Face Arrest
• Statement on Revocation of Executive Order No. 464
• Villar to Award this Year’s Gawad Haydee Yorac
• Villar Says Senate Ready to Defend Senate’s Power, Citizen’s Right to Know Before SC
• Villar: Monitor Filipina Rape Case in Okinawa

February 2008

• Villar: Trojan Horse or not, Senate to Provide Security for Madriaga
• Villar: Senate is Validating Madriaga’s Testimony
• Transcript of Interview with Baguio Media
• Villar: Cameras in Metro Meant to Spy and Scare
• On ‘Moral Revolution’
• Senate Asks SC to Refuse Neri’s Plea to Evade Arrest
• Villar Wants Cathay Pacific Ground Crew to Appear in the Senate on Monday
• Senate Approves Measure Decriminalizing Vagrancy
• Villar: Multitasking Senate Committed to Pass More Bills Amid NBN Probe
• On Lozada’s ‘Abduction’ at Airport: Villar Recommends Ocular Inspection at NAIA
• Villar Resents Government Effort to Block Witnesses from Testifying in the Senate
• On Villar's Question Time
• Charges May Be Filed Against Personalities Behind Lozada’s Abduction, Says Villar
• Senate to Look Into Human Rights Violations in Lozada’s Airport Disappearance
• Transcript of Interview in DZMM with Gerry Baja & Anthony Taberna
• Transcript of Interview/DZMM
• Transcript of Interview/DZBB
• Villar wants NBN-ZTE Deal Hearing Resumed Immediately
• Lozada Kidnapped? Villar Wants Full Account of Lozada’s Arrival at Airport from NAIA and BI Officials, Appeals to Public to Help Senate Locate Him
• Events in the Lower House : Reality in RP Politics - Villar
• Supreme Court Issues Status Quo Order On Neri's Arrest: Villar Says SC Order Needed to Resolve Senate-Executive Impasse
• $5K Bond Hinders Pinoys’ Search for Better Opportunities: Villar Seeks Senate Inquiry on New Direct-Hire Guidelines
• On Sec. Neri’s Arrest Villar: We Must Carry Out Our Job
• Villar to Crown Fiesta Queen in Jaro

January 2008

• While Saying Intention to Provide Rebates is Laudable, Villar Says Congress Nod Needed for P75-B Stimulus Plan
• Villar Guests at Phil. Marketing Association’s 54th Anniversary
• Melo Will Have Fair Shake in CA, Villar Assures
• With the Ratification of the UP Charter: Villar Expects UP’s Rise in the Int’l Education System
• Villar Laments Crimes in RTCs
• Villar: Fight Poverty, Not The Press
• Fast Ok of Budget a Proof of Senate Industry and Independence - Villar
• 2008 GAA Villar: Budget is Top Priority
• Villar: RP in Dire Need of Servant-Leaders
• Resumption of Session Villar Looks Forward to Passage of Important Bills
• Villar Cites Dinagyang Festival
• Unqualified Palace Appointees Crowd GOCC Boards
• Massive Infra Spending a Firewall to US Recession - Villar
• Villar Urges Government Attention to OFWs in Distress
• Erap, Villar Visit Bataan
• Bible Conference: Villar: Entrepreneurship With Nationalism to Steer Nation Out of Poverty
• Villar: Use ATO’s P3.1 B Annual Income to Improve Air Safety New Programs Should Not Lead to Higher Fares
• Villar Pushes Promotion of Medical Tourism in the Country
• In the Wake of Fires and Foul-Ups: Villar Pushes for Strengthened Fire Crisis Management
• Villar Says Pork Barrel Issue in the 2008 National Budget will be Resolved
• Tax on Texting is Additional Burden to the Poor, Says Villar
• Villar, Senate Get Highest Public Satisfaction Ratings in SWS Survey
• Villar Calls for Strong Oversight of P10-B OWWA Fund to Prevent Misuse, Repeat of $25 Overbilling
• Villar Wants Free Comprehensive Immunizations For All Filipino Children
• Villar Proposes a Sports Congress to Prepare RP for 2008 Olympics
• Villar Says Uncaring Foreign Post Personnel Aggravating Plight of Distressed OFWs

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