Villar Foundation aids distressed OFW
February 5, 2012 - 12:00am
The Villar Foundation helped an overseas Filipino worker return to the country from the United Arab Emirates after she fled from an employer who tried to rape her.
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Kapamilya execs and stars reach out to Sendong victims
December 31, 2011 - 12:00am
ABS-CBN executives led by chairman and CEO Eugenio “Gabby” Lopez III and ABS-CBN Foundation managing director Gina Lopez recently traveled to Cagayan de Oro to join the network’s relief operations...
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Villar seeks 15-day leave for OFWs' spouses
By Christina Mendez | July 11, 2011 - 12:00am
Sen. Manny Villar has filed a bill that will grant special leave credits to spouses of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), and allow them to spent about 15 days a year with their legal partners.
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Villar seeks probe of recruiters holding OFWs' passports 'hostage'
By Marvin Sy | May 15, 2011 - 12:00am
Senator Manuel Villar Jr. called yesterday for an investigation into the practice of some recruiters of taking the passports of prospective overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) “hostage” while their deployment...
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21 OFWs, 5 paslit mula Malaysia tinulungang makauwi ni Sen. Villar
By Butch M. Quejada | November 13, 2010 - 12:00am
Tulad ng kanyang ipinangako, ipinagpatuloy ni Senador Manny Villar ang pagtulong sa mga nagigipit na overseas Filipino workers matapos makapagpauwi ng 21 manggagawa mula sa Malaysia, kasama ang limang bata.
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Address 'drug mule' issue, DFA urged
By Dennis Carcamo | December 21, 2009 - 1:14pm
Nacionalista Party standard-bearer Sen. Manny Villar called for immediate action on the part of the government in response to the rise in the number of Filipinos being used as “drug mules” or illegal...
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SAGIP 2002: Crossing borders in disaster response
July 22, 2002 - 12:00am
Disasters and calamities may be seen as acts of God, but surviving and rebounding from these terrible events is always an act of man. With this in mind the SAGIP 2002 disaster response seminar series begins in Manila...
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