Villafuerte
Proper noun
Meaning
Villafuerte (plural Villafuertes)
A surname from Spanish.
Examples
Earlier, Deputy Speaker Luis Raymund Villafuerte proposed that the former radio and TV frequencies of ABS-CBN be used by the government for alternative and distance modes of learning.
In 1531, a number of Spaniards, most notably Juan Rodriguez de Villafuerte, left the Oaxaca coast and founded the village of Villafuerte where the city of Acapulco now stands.
Villafuerte and Drilon were part of the four-day Bicameral Conference Committee meetings wherein the differing provisions of the House and Senate versions of the Bayanihan 2 bill were harmonized.
Recognizing their Senate counterparts as their co-equal in the Bicam meetings, Villafuerte said they let the Upper Chamber contingent determine where the remaining P5 billion out of the original P10 billion amount would go.
Villafuerte was unable to subdue the local native peoples, and this eventually resulted in the Yopa Rebellion in the region of Cuautepec.
Many shoes are now made of plastic, Villafuerte lamented, as he worked to mend the sole of a dancer’s shoe, and people will throw them out rather than getting them repaired.