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Senator Mark Villar, Chairperson of the Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies successfully led the discussion on 3 Senate Resolutions, 6 Senate Bills, and 1 House Bill, collectively called the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act or AFASA.
After a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the image of the Black Nazarene was paraded in the Traslacion yesterday. The Traslacion is a part of the celebration of the Feast of the Black Nazarene and is a procession of the 400-year-old black image of Jesus Christ or the Nazareno from Quirino Grandstand to the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo.
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go commended the approval in the Senate of a bill waiving the entrance examination fees in private higher educational institutions (HEIs) for deserving students.
It might have been a scene straight out of the gripping HBO series Succession because it was about the retirement of a media empire’s big boss and the announcement of his successor. But the comparison ended there; there was neither a cunning plot to steal the throne or a dark denouement as what happened to the Roy family in the television series.
The Internet Transactions Act has been signed into law yesterday, December 5, 2023, by President Bongbong Marcos. The ITA is authored and sponsored by Senator Mark Villar in the current congress.
Senator Mark Villar extends his sympathies to the families of the victims and casualties of the 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Surigao del Sur at 10:37 PM of Saturday, December 2, 2023. Hundreds of aftershocks, with magnitudes ranging from 1.4 to 6.2, have also occured in Surigao after the initial quake. A 5.7 magnitude earthquake also hit Cagwait, Surigao del Sur early this morning, December 5. Senator Mark further urges for the distribution of aid for the casualties of the multiple earthquakes in the region.
Senator Mark Villar, as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship joined DTI in their price monitoring activity of Noche Buena items in one of the grocery stores in Divisoria
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Mark Villar joined officials of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) yesterday in their price monitoring of Noche Buena items in Divisoria, Manila.