Mark Villar joins Senate majority bloc, regains public works committee chair
Senator Mark Villar left the Cayetano-led minority and joined the Senate majority bloc on Thursday, October 8, Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri announced, according to Philstar and ABS-CBN News. Villar was elected chair of the public works committee, replacing Senator Tito Sotto, and the majority now has 14 members. His sibling, Senator Camille Villar, stays in the minority, whose duty as fiscalizers remains unchanged, Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano said, Manila Bulletin reported.
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- The Manila Times — Mark Villar joins Senate majority
- Inquirer — Mark Villar joins Senate majority bloc
- ABS-CBN News — Mark Villar joins Senate majority — Zubiri
- Philstar — Mark Villar reclaims public works chairship in switch to majority bloc
- Cebu Daily News — Mark Villar joins Senate majority bloc, named public works panel chair
- Manila Bulletin — Mark Villar leaves Cayetano-led minority, joins Senate majority bloc
- Manila Bulletin — Alan Cayetano: Senate minority bloc’s duty as ‘fiscalizers, oppositionist’ remain unchanged