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                    [Title] => Villar bill seeks to end exploitation of Filipino women
                    [Summary] => Senate President Pro Tempore Manuel Villar has filed a bill seeking to stop "once and for all" the trafficking and exploitation of Filipino women.


Villar filed his bill after noting that Republic Act 6955, the law against Mail Order Bride authored by Sen. Tessie Aquino-Oreta, is not enough to stop the practice of trafficking.


"There is a need for more effective and aggessive measures as the scope of present laws are not enough to protect our women," Villar said.


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                    [Title] => Villar seeks reforms in home financing
                    [Summary] => Senate President Pro Tempore Manuel Villar called yesterday for sweeping reforms in the government’s monetary and banking policies to solve the country’s massive housing shortage.


He urged finance and banking officials to sit down and craft policies that would promote the growth of the housing industry and provide affordable homes for Filipinos.


"There seems to be no concrete effort by government to create an environment conducive to the growth of the housing industry," Villar complained.


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                    [Title] => SK polls a waste of money - Villar
                    [Summary] => BAGUIO CITY — Why allot government funds for the youth who don’t seem to care about governance when the money can be given to the elderly who need it? 


Senate President Pro Tempore Manuel Villar said yesterday he is in favor of abolishing the Sanggunian Kabataan after the upcoming SK elections set for July 15. Villar cited the low turnout during the recent registration for the SK elections as an indicator that the youth are not interested in governing the country or in learning the skills needed for good governance.


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                    [Title] => Blackout then & now
                    [Summary] => The term blackout started in Great Britain during World War II. From the outbreak of the war against Germany on September 3, 1939 until April 23, 1945, it was obligatory throughout Britain to cover all windows and skylights before dark so that no light would show outside. Even moving vehicles travelled at night with very dim lights. This was to prevent enemy planes from spotting the city and its targets. The term was introduced in the Philippines when the Japanese first bombed Manila and other places along with Pearl Harbor.


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                    [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces
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                    [Title] => Villar lauds McDo over ad withdrawal
                    [Summary] => Senate President Pro Tempore Manuel Villar cited yesterday McDonald’s for immediately withdrawing a controversial advertisement that he said ran against Filipino culture.


This came as McDonald’s executives led by Joseph Lau, managing director, paid him a courtesy call at the Senate to formally announce their withdrawal of the television advertisement.


"They made a fast reaction to my comments against the advertisement," he said.


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                    [Title] => Even bangus fry we import
                    [Summary] => Last week I wrote about the plight of onion farmers. This one’s about bangus (milkfish) fry. Yet it’s far from mouth-watering. Victims, too, of unbridled imports are the bangus fry gatherers. You see them in every coast in summer, wading in waist-high water, plowing scissor nets into the surf and collecting their needle-thin catch in worn-out plastic tubs. There are no statistics on how many they are. Some are retired fishermen, too old to venture out into the ocean to haul in jack or tuna that fetch big bucks.
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                    [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc
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                    [Title] => Senate’s poor rating blamed on infighting
                    [Summary] => The infighting among senators is the main reason for its low acceptance rating, Senate President Pro Tempore Manuel Villar said yesterday.


The other day, Social Weather Stations (SWS) released the results of a survey among businessmen in the country which showed that the Senate had a -4 acceptance rating.


Villar said that the SWS survey results indicated the disenchantment of the people with senators who continue to wrangle with one another.


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                    [Title] => Villar: Onions used to smuggle shabu
                    [Summary] => The scent of onions is a good cover for illegal drugs.


That’s according to Senate President Pro Tempore Manuel Villar, who said large shipments of onions from abroad are being used to conceal the entry of illegal drugs into the country.


"We have received reports that onions are used to camouflage drug shipments such as shabu from Hong Kong," said Villar, who is also chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture. 


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                    [Title] => Bolinao fishkill alarming, says Villar
                    [Summary] => Senate President Pro Tempore Manuel Villar has expressed alarm over the massive fishkill that hit the bangus-producing town of Bolinao in Pangasinan, which destroyed an estimated P400 million worth of bangus cultured in fishcages.


"At a time when we are trying hard to increase our agricultural output, including that of the fisheries sector, we must take the necessary steps to prevent such unfortunate disasters from taking place," said Villar, who chairs the Senate committee on food and agriculture.


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                    [Title] => Pagpapasabog sa 3 cell sites pinagdudahan ni Villar
                    [Summary] => Duda si Senate President Pro Tempore Manuel Villar na kagagawan ng New People’s Army (NPA) ang serye ng pambobomba sa mga telecommunications towers sa bansa.


Sinabi ni Villar sa kanyang lingguhang press conference na higit siyang naniniwala na bahagi ito ng destabilization effort laban sa Arroyo administration ng mga tinaguriang rightists.


Ayon kay Villar, batid niyang malaking dagok ito sa panig ng ekonomiya ng bansa at magsisilbing panakot ito sa mga dayuhang mamumuhunan ngunit dapat agad na lutasin ito ng mga awtoridad bago pa ito lumala.


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SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE MANUEL VILLAR

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Villar filed his bill after noting that Republic Act 6955, the law against Mail Order Bride authored by Sen. Tessie Aquino-Oreta, is not enough to stop the practice of trafficking.


"There is a need for more effective and aggessive measures as the scope of present laws are not enough to protect our women," Villar said.


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He urged finance and banking officials to sit down and craft policies that would promote the growth of the housing industry and provide affordable homes for Filipinos.


"There seems to be no concrete effort by government to create an environment conducive to the growth of the housing industry," Villar complained.


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                    [Title] => SK polls a waste of money - Villar
                    [Summary] => BAGUIO CITY — Why allot government funds for the youth who don’t seem to care about governance when the money can be given to the elderly who need it? 


Senate President Pro Tempore Manuel Villar said yesterday he is in favor of abolishing the Sanggunian Kabataan after the upcoming SK elections set for July 15. Villar cited the low turnout during the recent registration for the SK elections as an indicator that the youth are not interested in governing the country or in learning the skills needed for good governance.


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                    [Title] => Villar lauds McDo over ad withdrawal
                    [Summary] => Senate President Pro Tempore Manuel Villar cited yesterday McDonald’s for immediately withdrawing a controversial advertisement that he said ran against Filipino culture.


This came as McDonald’s executives led by Joseph Lau, managing director, paid him a courtesy call at the Senate to formally announce their withdrawal of the television advertisement.


"They made a fast reaction to my comments against the advertisement," he said.


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                    [Title] => Senate’s poor rating blamed on infighting
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The other day, Social Weather Stations (SWS) released the results of a survey among businessmen in the country which showed that the Senate had a -4 acceptance rating.


Villar said that the SWS survey results indicated the disenchantment of the people with senators who continue to wrangle with one another.


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                    [Title] => Villar: Onions used to smuggle shabu
                    [Summary] => The scent of onions is a good cover for illegal drugs.


That’s according to Senate President Pro Tempore Manuel Villar, who said large shipments of onions from abroad are being used to conceal the entry of illegal drugs into the country.


"We have received reports that onions are used to camouflage drug shipments such as shabu from Hong Kong," said Villar, who is also chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture. 


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                    [Title] => Bolinao fishkill alarming, says Villar
                    [Summary] => Senate President Pro Tempore Manuel Villar has expressed alarm over the massive fishkill that hit the bangus-producing town of Bolinao in Pangasinan, which destroyed an estimated P400 million worth of bangus cultured in fishcages.


"At a time when we are trying hard to increase our agricultural output, including that of the fisheries sector, we must take the necessary steps to prevent such unfortunate disasters from taking place," said Villar, who chairs the Senate committee on food and agriculture.


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                    [Summary] => Duda si Senate President Pro Tempore Manuel Villar na kagagawan ng New People’s Army (NPA) ang serye ng pambobomba sa mga telecommunications towers sa bansa.


Sinabi ni Villar sa kanyang lingguhang press conference na higit siyang naniniwala na bahagi ito ng destabilization effort laban sa Arroyo administration ng mga tinaguriang rightists.


Ayon kay Villar, batid niyang malaking dagok ito sa panig ng ekonomiya ng bansa at magsisilbing panakot ito sa mga dayuhang mamumuhunan ngunit dapat agad na lutasin ito ng mga awtoridad bago pa ito lumala.


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