Senator Cynthia A. Villar leads the formal opening of the 11th Bright Leaf Awards for agriculture journalism at the Fairmont Hotel in Makati. At the event, she renewed her call for the passage of the bill creating the Department of Migration and Development to protect the welfare of overseas Filipino workers and their families in the country. She said the creation of the department will not cost the government much as existing agencies involved in OFW affairs, such as those embedded in the Departments of Labor and Employment and Foreign Affairs and the Office of the President will be merged.
