With her precarious ranking in pre-election surveys on senatorial preferences for Monday's balloting, the Villars are pulling every trick in the book for Camille to make it to the top 12.
A Facebook user claimed that Senator Risa Hontiveros urged the building of condos on land where the poor live.
Kindness to her family, even if it may not be for the benefit of the Filipino people, is her norm for friendship. Such is the fragile philosophy of senator Cynthia Villar.
Sa isyu ng disinformation sa agrikultura, nakapag-monitor ang VERA Files Fact Check ng 15 pahayag ng mga opisyal ng gobyerno at online posts. Labintatlo rito ay tungkol sa bigas at siyam ang direktang tumutukoy sa pagpapababa ng presyo nito.
Since the Rice Tariffication Law was enacted in March 2019, local rice prices have gone up.
Tumaas ang presyo ng lokal na bigas mula nang ipatupad ang Rice Tariffication law noong Marso 2019.
Sinabi ni Sen. Cynthia Villar, chair ng komite, na ang Republic Act No. 8172, na kilala bilang Act for Salt Iodization Nationwide (ASIN), ay naging "balakid" sa pag-unlad ng industriya na gumawa ng 300,000 metric tons ng asin noong 1994, isang taon bago naging batas ang ASIN.
Sen. Cynthia Villar, who chairs the committee, said Republic Act No. 8172, known as the Act for Salt Iodization Nationwide (ASIN), has become a “deterrent” to the development of the industry that produced 300,000 metric tons of salt in 1994, a year before ASIN became law.
Sa isang pagtalakay sa paggamit ng asin sa produksyon ng niyog, sinabi ni Sen. Cynthia Villar na kasing laki ng industriya ng bigas ang industriya ng niyog sa bansa. Ito ay hindi totoo.
The coconut industry is not as big as rice in terms of volume and value of production. In 2021, the country produced 19.96 million MT of palay worth P332.77 billion at current prices. That same year, coconut production was at 14.72 million MT, valued at P123.67 billion at current prices, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority’s 2022 Selected Statistics on Agriculture and Fisheries.