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                    [Summary] => Professional athletes who bring honor to the country by winning international titles should be given the same benefits as amateur athletes who win in international and regional competitions, Senate President Pro Tempore Manny Villar said yesterday.


He cited several cases of former world champions who, after losing prominence, have been living the hard life.


He singled out Rolando Navarette, former world junior lightweight champion, who is now reportedly sickly and is begging for alms to survive.


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                    [Title] => Senators call for bigger flood budget, tougher littering laws
                    [Summary] => Sen. Ralph Recto called yesterday for a bigger budget, while Senate President Pro Tempore Manny Villar pressed for stricter enforcement of the anti-littering law to mitigate the flood problem of Metro Manila.


"Metro Manila will continue to turn into a ‘waterworld’ during the monsoon months for years to come as money from the deficit-hit government can only come in trickles," Recto said.


He pointed out that while P42 billion is needed to end flooding in Metro Manila, only P1.1 billion was budgeted for the metropolis’ flood program this year.


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                    [Title] => More benefits eyed for long-time SSS members
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Villar pointed out that while there is a distinction by means of higher benefits for those with 10 and 20 years of credited service, those who have served for 30 years and more do not receive higher pension benefits.


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                    [Title] => Cheaper power needed to spur economy — Villar
                    [Summary] => Cheaper electricity coupled with low interest rates are needed to attract new investments into the country and boost the economy, Senate President Pro Tempore Manny Villar said yesterday.


"The issue on the Purchased Power Adjustment (PPA) must not be viewed merely from a debt point of view by government," Villar said.


"Lowering power rates will have a tremendous impact on the national economy as it will create jobs and employment opportunities," he added.


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                    [Title] => AFMA fund support extended
                    [Summary] => The extension of funding support for the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA) was approved recently by the Senate committee on food and agriculture chaired by Senate President Pro Tempore Manny Villar.


After receiving unanimous support from various government agencies including the Departments of Agriculture, Agrarian Reform, Interior and Local Government, and Science and Technology, among others, Villar’s committee approved a bill extending by six more years (up to 2010) funding support for the AFMA.


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                    [Title] => Villar scores ‘onion syndicate’
                    [Summary] => Senate President Pro Tempore Manny Villar bared yesterday the existence of an "onion syndicate" that controls the flow of onions into the market, thus driving up the price of onions sky high.
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                    [Title] => Farmlands in Zamboanga drying up
                    [Summary] => Senate President Pro Tempore Manny Villar, chairman of the Senate committee on food and agriculture, said certain areas in Zamboanga are already beginning to feel the effects of a possible El Niño, with rainfall levels this early part of the year falling below normal levels.


"I have received reports that there is already a shortage of water supply in Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay and other areas in Region 9 as a result of this," Villar said, adding that farmlands in many areas have dried up.


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                    [Title] => US aircraft leave Clark
                    [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga – All nine US military aircraft participating in the Balance Piston war games, including an MC-130 cargo plane hit by ground fire over the Cordilleras, flew back to their home base in Okinawa, Japan over the weekend as the RP-US war military exercise here nears its conclusion.


US Air Force Master Sgt. Michael Farris, spokesman for the 353rd US special operations group, said only military personnel remained following the departure of three US Army MH-47 helicopters and six cargo planes. 


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                    [Title] => Senate committee to look into NFA accounts in US
                    [Summary] => The  Senate committee on agriculture will look into the dollar accounts of the National Food Authority (NFA) in the United States to determine whether they are legal.


Senate President Pro Tempore Manny Villar, who chairs the committee, said it was not surprising for the NFA to have dollar accounts because of its rice importations.


Villar, however, said the issue is who are maintaining or controlling the accounts.


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SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE MANNY VILLAR

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He cited several cases of former world champions who, after losing prominence, have been living the hard life.


He singled out Rolando Navarette, former world junior lightweight champion, who is now reportedly sickly and is begging for alms to survive.


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"Metro Manila will continue to turn into a ‘waterworld’ during the monsoon months for years to come as money from the deficit-hit government can only come in trickles," Recto said.


He pointed out that while P42 billion is needed to end flooding in Metro Manila, only P1.1 billion was budgeted for the metropolis’ flood program this year.


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