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[Title] => Villar urges government to invest in rural infrastructure
[Summary] => The government must invest heavily in rural infrastructure and other farm support services in order for the country to win the war against poverty, former Speaker Manny Villar said yesterday.
Villar pointed out that setting up needed infrastructure will help improve agricultural productivity and ease the flow of goods from rural to urban areas toward improving the quality of life in rural communities.
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[Title] => Villar wants expansion of SME markets
[Summary] => Government must take steps to assist the country’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing new products that will enable them to expand their markets in order to widen employment opportunities for Filipinos, former Speaker Manny Villar said yesterday.
Villar says government should facilitate participatory discussions among consumers, the academe, science professionals, and businessmen to develop new products which use local raw materials needed by the domestic market and the local industrial market.
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[Title] => Senior Citizens dumarami
[Summary] => Dumarami taun-taon ang bilang ng senior citizens sa bansa o iyong may edad na 65 taon pataas, ayon kay dating Speaker Manny Villar.
Ang pagtaas ng bilang ng senior citizens, ay dahil na rin sa tumataas sa tinatawag na average life expectancy ng Pilipino na ngayon ay nasa 67.73 taon para sa lalaki at 70.38 taon para sa babae kumpara sa 61 hanggang 63 taon dalawang dekada ang nakaraan.
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[Title] => Foreign investments not enough to create jobs; Villar urges entrepreneurship
[Summary] => The Philippines cannot rely on foreign investments alone to generate enough jobs to address unemployment problem, former Speaker Manny Villar said yesterday.
"This alone (foreign investments) is not enough. We must internally generate employment as well," Villar said pointing out that encouraging more entrepreneurs is the key to expanding job and income opportunities for Filipinos.
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[Title] => RP has 9,000 ‘school-less’ barangays
[Summary] => There are at least 9,000 out of the country’s 42,000 barangays which do not have a single school to address the educational needs of its young residents, former Speaker Manny Villar bared yesterday.
"Ideally there must be a school in every barangay to provide easy access to education for our youth," said Villar. As a result, he adds young students in school-less barangays have to travel far to attend classes or are denied access to education.
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[Title] => Villar wants eight-month loan for SSS members
[Summary] => Invest in local entrepreneurs.
This was the message of former Speaker Manny Villar as he pushed for an eight-month salary loan from the present allowable 2 months for the more than 19 million members of the Social Security System (SSS) to enable members to start their business and be self-sufficient.
He says that the SSS, instead of investing its P80 billion portfolio in overseas investments, "should invest in the Filipino entrepreneur" as it will help boost the economy to have more entrepreneurs.
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[Title] => Oil firms urged to pay P150 B in back taxes
[Summary] => Tax deficiencies of the country’s top oil firms incurred years back are big enough to wipe out the contry’s budget deficit, former Speaker Manny Villar said yesterday as he urged them to settle their obligations with government.
"This money can be used to fund priority projects such as mass housing and livelihood programs," said Villar of the said tax deficiencies that are estimated to reach at least P150 billion including interest, penalties and surcharges which remain uncollected.
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[Title] => Villar hits smear, disinformation drive
[Summary] => "None of my housing companies borrowed from, or owe a single centavo to government nor were they involved in any irregularities."
This was the reaction of former Speaker Manny Villar to allegations that low cost housing companies that he founded prior to his entry into politics cornered Pag-ibig housing loans.
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[Title] => Villar pushes benefits for OFWs
[Summary] => Loans to start their own business and decent, affordable housing.
This, says former Speaker Manny Villar must be provided to the country’s more than five million overseas Filipino workers, touted as modern day heroes who pump an estimated $8 billion each year into the national economy.
The People Power Coalition Senatorial candidate says that he will seek to ensure that credit facilities will be set up for OFWs to start their own livelihood as well as avail of housing units.
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[Title] => Villar bats for more women in government
[Summary] => Women occupy only 2,684 out of the total 17,460 elected positions in the country – Equivalent to 15 percent – from President to councilors.
With this, former Speaker Manny Villar batted for the inclusion of more women in elective government positions to give them a bigger role in nation-building.
"There definitely must be women in government particularly in elective positions," he said as he expressed confidence that Filipinos will elect more "competent and promising" women candidates seeking elective posts in the coming May elections.
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SPEAKER MANNY VILLAR
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[Title] => Villar urges government to invest in rural infrastructure
[Summary] => The government must invest heavily in rural infrastructure and other farm support services in order for the country to win the war against poverty, former Speaker Manny Villar said yesterday.
Villar pointed out that setting up needed infrastructure will help improve agricultural productivity and ease the flow of goods from rural to urban areas toward improving the quality of life in rural communities.
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[Title] => Villar wants expansion of SME markets
[Summary] => Government must take steps to assist the country’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing new products that will enable them to expand their markets in order to widen employment opportunities for Filipinos, former Speaker Manny Villar said yesterday.
Villar says government should facilitate participatory discussions among consumers, the academe, science professionals, and businessmen to develop new products which use local raw materials needed by the domestic market and the local industrial market.
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[Title] => Senior Citizens dumarami
[Summary] => Dumarami taun-taon ang bilang ng senior citizens sa bansa o iyong may edad na 65 taon pataas, ayon kay dating Speaker Manny Villar.
Ang pagtaas ng bilang ng senior citizens, ay dahil na rin sa tumataas sa tinatawag na average life expectancy ng Pilipino na ngayon ay nasa 67.73 taon para sa lalaki at 70.38 taon para sa babae kumpara sa 61 hanggang 63 taon dalawang dekada ang nakaraan.
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[Title] => Foreign investments not enough to create jobs; Villar urges entrepreneurship
[Summary] => The Philippines cannot rely on foreign investments alone to generate enough jobs to address unemployment problem, former Speaker Manny Villar said yesterday.
"This alone (foreign investments) is not enough. We must internally generate employment as well," Villar said pointing out that encouraging more entrepreneurs is the key to expanding job and income opportunities for Filipinos.
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[Title] => RP has 9,000 ‘school-less’ barangays
[Summary] => There are at least 9,000 out of the country’s 42,000 barangays which do not have a single school to address the educational needs of its young residents, former Speaker Manny Villar bared yesterday.
"Ideally there must be a school in every barangay to provide easy access to education for our youth," said Villar. As a result, he adds young students in school-less barangays have to travel far to attend classes or are denied access to education.
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[Title] => Villar wants eight-month loan for SSS members
[Summary] => Invest in local entrepreneurs.
This was the message of former Speaker Manny Villar as he pushed for an eight-month salary loan from the present allowable 2 months for the more than 19 million members of the Social Security System (SSS) to enable members to start their business and be self-sufficient.
He says that the SSS, instead of investing its P80 billion portfolio in overseas investments, "should invest in the Filipino entrepreneur" as it will help boost the economy to have more entrepreneurs.
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[Title] => Oil firms urged to pay P150 B in back taxes
[Summary] => Tax deficiencies of the country’s top oil firms incurred years back are big enough to wipe out the contry’s budget deficit, former Speaker Manny Villar said yesterday as he urged them to settle their obligations with government.
"This money can be used to fund priority projects such as mass housing and livelihood programs," said Villar of the said tax deficiencies that are estimated to reach at least P150 billion including interest, penalties and surcharges which remain uncollected.
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[Title] => Villar hits smear, disinformation drive
[Summary] => "None of my housing companies borrowed from, or owe a single centavo to government nor were they involved in any irregularities."
This was the reaction of former Speaker Manny Villar to allegations that low cost housing companies that he founded prior to his entry into politics cornered Pag-ibig housing loans.
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[Title] => Villar pushes benefits for OFWs
[Summary] => Loans to start their own business and decent, affordable housing.
This, says former Speaker Manny Villar must be provided to the country’s more than five million overseas Filipino workers, touted as modern day heroes who pump an estimated $8 billion each year into the national economy.
The People Power Coalition Senatorial candidate says that he will seek to ensure that credit facilities will be set up for OFWs to start their own livelihood as well as avail of housing units.
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[Title] => Villar bats for more women in government
[Summary] => Women occupy only 2,684 out of the total 17,460 elected positions in the country – Equivalent to 15 percent – from President to councilors.
With this, former Speaker Manny Villar batted for the inclusion of more women in elective government positions to give them a bigger role in nation-building.
"There definitely must be women in government particularly in elective positions," he said as he expressed confidence that Filipinos will elect more "competent and promising" women candidates seeking elective posts in the coming May elections.
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