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Manuel "Manny" Bamba Villar Jr. (Tagalog pronunciation:; born December 13, 1949) is a Filipino businessman and former politician.He previously served as senator from 2001 to 2013 and as the 20th President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2006 to 2008.
Cynthia Aguilar-Villar, daughter of Filemon – member of the House of Representatives for Las Piñas-Muntinlupa (2001–2010), senator (2013–present) Manny Villar, husband of Cynthia (see Villar family of Las Piñas and Muntinlupa). Vergel Aguilar, son of Filemon – mayor of Las Piñas (1995–2004; 2007–2016)
Camille Aguilar Villar-Genuino (born January 25, 1985) is a Filipino politician and television personality who currently serves as a member of the House of Representatives for Las Piñas since 2019. She has been serving as Deputy Speaker since 2022, and was previously in that post from 2021 until 2022 in the 18th Congress .
Vergel's sister Cynthia married Manny Villar, enabling her branch of the family to become nationally prominent, with herself, her husband, and son Mark Villar later being elected to the Senate of the Philippines. The other branches of the family also entered local politics and together they have ruled the city. [1]
Mark Aguilar Villar (Tagalog pronunciation:, born August 14, 1978) is a Filipino politician and businessman serving as a Senator since 2022. He served in President Rodrigo Duterte's cabinet as the Secretary of Public Works and Highways from 2016 to 2021, [3] and was the COVID-19 pandemic isolation czar from 2020 to 2021.
Camella was founded by Manuel B. Villar, Jr. in August 1977. Villar took out a seven-year loan from a rural bank offering low interest rates then kick-started building and selling at his first project, Camella Homes Phase 1 and 2 in Las Piñas , with 160 units initially.
On December 13, 2017, Villar was unable to vote for the martial law extension in Mindanao, but senator Vicente Sotto III noted that she “would have voted yes.” [14] On March 6, 2018, Villar stated that she has 'no conflict of interest' into investigations into the status of Boracay, despite her family's ownership of properties on the island ...
In 2008, Manny Villar, then-Senate president topped the presidential surveys, even though the issue of C-5 Road project was tackled. [1] In same year, he declared that he has intention to run for president, [2] [3] with possibly partnering with Nationalist People's Coalition with former 2004 vice presidential candidate and Senator Loren Legarda or Senator Chiz Escudero as running mate. [4]