Breaking News as of January 2010
We must revive economy - Loren
Sen. Loren Legarda, NP-NPC vice presidential candidate, said yesterday “it is the job of the next government to revive the economy which has been described as “Asia’s Laggard”.
January 29, 2010
Subject women in parricide cases to psychiatric treatment - Loren
Women involved in parricide cases should be first turned over by the courts to social welfare authorities and subjected to psychiatric or mental health examination before being thrown to jail. This was the recommendation of Sen. Loren Legarda when asked to react on the report of a mother jumping into the Pasig river with her two small children, who drowned.
January 29, 2010
Bicam approves senior citizens bill
The House and Senate bicameral conference committee yesterday recommended approval by Congress of an Act increasing the benefits of senior citizens.
January 28, 2010
Loren urges flexibility in ‘no permit, no exam’ policy for students
Sen. Loren Legarda today hailed the recent issuance by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) of a memorandum urging both private and local institutions of higher learning to be more flexible in implementing the ‘no permit, no exam’ policy for students who have not fully paid their tuition fees.
January 27, 2010
Loren bares agenda for peace in Mindanao
Sen. Loren Legarda, NPC and NP vice presidential candidate pushed Tuesday common understanding, harmony and cooperation between Muslims and Christians in baring her “agenda for peace and progress” in Mindanao.
January 27, 2010
Respect one another, Loren tells sports officials
Sen. Loren Legarda yesterday called on leaders of both the Philippine Olympic Committee and the Philippine Sports Commission to stop squabling to avoid being suspended again by the International Olympic Committee from participating in world olympic games.
January 27, 2010
Climate change threatens asian RP economies - Loren
Sen. Loren Legarda today warned that unless the Philippines takes action, climate change would severely affect the Philippine economy, creating more poverty and drastically lowering its productivity.
January 26, 2010
Legarda seeks ways to counter El Niño
To avert a food crisis resulting from the El Niño weather phenomenon, Senator Loren Legarda yesterday filed a resolution asking the Senate to inquire into the policies of the government to ease the adverse effects of the prolonged drought and ensure food security.
January 25, 2010
Loren blames hunger, poverty for many suicides, parricides
Moved by the report of a mother jumping into the Pasig river with her two small children, Sen. Loren Legarda yesterday blamed increasing hunger and poverty for the increasing cases of suicides and parricides involving parents and children in the Philippines.
January 25, 2010
Senate probe into gov’t response to dry spell sought
Manila, Philippines -- Vice presidential candidate and Senator Loren Legarda has filed a resolution for the Senate to conduct an urgent inquiry into government policies that would counter the El Niño phenomenon this year and ensure food security.
January 25, 2010
Legarda seeks review of government's El Niño policy
Manila, Philippines - Sen. Loren Legarda has filed a Senate resolution calling for an urgent inquiry into the policies of the government to counter El Niño and ensure food security.
January 25, 2010
Loren seeks inquiry into RP policies on El Niño phenomenon
To avert a food production crisis resulting from the El Niño weather phenomenon, Sen. Loren Legarda Sunday filed a Senate resolution for an urgent inquiry into the policies of the government to counter El Niño and ensure food security.
January 25, 2010
Loren seeks intensified watersheds protection
After the Manila Water Co. warned recently that water levels have dropped significantly in the Angat Dam with the El Nino phenomenon showing early signs, Senator Loren Legarda called on concerned agencies like the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the and the Department of Agriculture (DA) to rehabilitate, develop and protect watersheds.
January 25, 2010
Loren lauds Dinagyang festival
Iloilo City - Sen. Loren Legarda today hailed organizers of the Dinagyang festival in Iloilo for making the annual celebration “a celebration of the Filipino spirit and a showcase of Filipino pride in our own culture.”
January 25, 2010
Loren urges probe of gov’t El Niño policy
Senator Loren Legarda filed a resolution for an urgent inquiry into the policies of the government to counter El Niño and ensure food security.
January 24, 2010
Loren files resolution on El Niño
To avert a food production crisis resulting from the El Niño weather phenomenon, Sen. Loren Legarda today filed a Senate resolution for an urgent inquiry into the policies of the government to counter El Niño and ensure food security.
January 24, 2010
Legarda wants Senate to probe ‘sex tourism’
Sen. Loren Legarda has filed a resolution in the Senate asking it to investigate the reported growing business of “sex tourism” in certain areas of the country.
January 24, 2010
Loren seeks probe on sex tourism in RP
Manila, Philippines - Sen. Loren Legarda has filed a resolution asking the Senate to investigate the reported growing business of “sex tourism” in certain areas of the country, following a report by a foreign network.
January 24, 2010
43,000 flying voters found in ARMM, Calabarzon
Manila, Philippines - The automated election system that will be implemented in the May 2010 presidential elections has not stopped flying voters and multiple registrants.
January 23, 2010
Loren urges COMELEC to extend registration of overseas voters
Sen. Loren Legarda yesterday urged the Commission on Elections to extend the registration of Filipino voters in foreign countries “so as to extend to them the primary right of suffrage.”
January 23, 2010
Loren warns against midnight fire sales
Sen. Loren Legarda yesterday warned against “midnight fire sales” by the administration of government properties amounting to billions of pesos.
January 22, 2010
Manila, Philippines - Sen. Loren Legarda defended herself yesterday over criticisms that she is a political turncoat for shifting loyalties from one political party to another.
January 22, 2010
As I see it Loren on abuses of pawnshops
Manila, Philippines--The talk of the town's social circles are the wealthy matrons who lost their prized jewelry and family heirlooms to a sweet-talking former aide of a prominent socialite. It seems that the aide persuaded the matrons to let her sell their jewelry at a big profit. She left with them personal checks as guarantee. After the sale, she paid the owner, got back her personal check, and split the profit.
January 22, 2010
Lack of support for agriculture cause of RP hunger – Legarda
In light of the increasing hunger rate in the country, Senator Loren Legarda emphasized the need for stronger support for our country’s agriculture to avert a possible food crisis and combat hunger in the Philippines.
January 21, 2010
Sinulog draws 8M people and politicians, too
Cebu City - For a festival created to rival other festivals around the country, the Sinulog Festival has come a long way this year as it attracted up to 8 million people on Sunday, according to police.
January 21, 2010
Sen. Loren Legarda today lauded Cebu’s tourism program as one that should be emulated by other regions and provinces in the country to stimulate tourism as a means for raising local incomes and attracting investments.
January 21, 2010
Gear up for possible water crisis - Loren
After the Manila Water Co. warned recently that water levels have dropped significantly in the Angat Dam with the El Nino phenomenon showing early signs, Senator Loren Legarda called on the DENR and the DA to intensify efforts for the rehabilitation, development and protection of watersheds.
January 21, 2010
Loren hails passage of expanded senior citizens act
Sen. Loren Legarda today welcomed the passage of Senate Bill 3561 expanding the benefits and privileges for senior citizens in the country.
January 20, 2010
Lack of support for agriculture cause of RP hunger – Legarda
In light of the increasing hunger rate in the country, Senator Loren Legarda emphasized the need for stronger support for our country’s agriculture to avert a possible food crisis and combat hunger in the Philippines.
January 20, 2010
Improve agriculture to curb hunger - Loren
The government must accelerate the development of agriculture in order to stop and reverse the spread of hunger among Filipinos, said Sen. Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate committee on food and agriculture.
January 19, 2010
I’ll help achieve peace in Mindanao - Loren
Amid optimism by Malacañang that a peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front can still be signed before President Arroyo’s term expires in June, Senator Loren Legarda has expressed strong reservations over the prospect of an early resolution of the Mindanao conflict and wants the next administrations to speed up the peace process.
January 19, 2010
Let’s mobilize more aid for Haiti - Loren
In the aftermath of the Magnitude 7 earthquake that hit Haiti recently and may have caused as many as 200,000 fatalities, Sen. Loren Legarda today appealed for more aid to the disaster-stricken Central American country.
January 18, 2010
Slashed PDAF may find way into admin’s election kitty – Loren
Senator Loren Legarda questioned today President Arroyo as to where the cuts in the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of the proposed P1.51 trillion 2010 national budget will go.
January 18, 2010
We must be prepared for a big quake
In the wake of the widespread devastation caused by a magnitude 7 earthquake in the Central American nation of Haiti, I am renewing my call for the Philippine government to take firm measures to cope with an equally powerful earthquake that could prove catastrophic and cause loss of many lives and extensive damage to property.
January 17, 2010
We must avert a water crisis - Loren
The country may be blessed with abundant water at this time, but we face an acute water crisis in the near future if we do not conserve this vital resource, according to Sen. Loren Legarda.
January 17, 2010
Haiti quake prods RP to gird for ‘Big One’
Manila, Philippines – Disaster officials on Friday claimed preparations to make Metro Manila “seismologically sound” are in progress.
January 16, 2010
Loren: Expedite search for missing Filipinos in Haiti
After the devastating earthquake in Haiti that killed almost 500,000, Senator Loren Legarda called on the Department of Foreign Affairs to expedite the search for missing Filipinos in the war-torn, disaster-stricken country.
January 15, 2010
Early action vs disaster is key to saving lives - Loren
In light of the massive earthquake that devastated Haiti, Senator Loren Legarda emphasized that early action on disaster risk reduction is key to preventing severe loss of life due to natural calamities.
January 15, 2010
Haiti aftermath: Loren calls for safer buildings
Sen. Loren Legarda today called on the government to protect public and private hospitals against earthquakes in the aftermath of the strong temblor that rocked Haiti and caused widespread devastation and loss of lives in the Central America nation.
January 14, 2010
Loren urges full dev't of coco industry
Senator Loren Legarda, chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture and food, urged local government units (LGUs) in Laguna to continue in its efforts to promote and develop the coconut industry which is the major economic mover in the region.
January 14, 2010
Loren urges GMA: Inhibit self from appointing SC chief
Sen. Loren Legarda appealed yesterday to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to inhibit herself from appointing the next chief justice of the Supreme Court “in order not to compromise the integrity of the entire court.”
January 13, 2010
Loren: ‘Failure of elections a real possibility’
Sen. Loren Legarda today warned of a possible failure of elections if the government does not release on time the budget for voters’ education.
January 12, 2010
When all the votes are counted after the May elections, Sen. Loren Legarda is likely to emerge as the winner of the
vice-presidential race, according to the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) and a University of the Philippines professor.
January 11, 2010
Unified effort for cleaner air needed - Loren
Senator Loren Legarda said yesterday that any and all efforts, moves and technological advancements that could reduce the emission of carbon into the air should be fully supported because “global warming and the resulting climate change is everyone’s concern.”
January 10, 2010
Loren brings climate change issue to Mindanao
Sen. Loren Legarda today urged Mindanaoans to intensify efforts to protect the natural environment and to adapt to climate change.
January 9, 2010
Loren seeks probe of ‘failed’ irrigation project in Leyte
Senator Loren Legarda vowed yesterday to look into a $41.67 million irrigation project in the province of Leyte which was declared a failure by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), a Manila-based multilateral financing institution.
January 8, 2010
Loren: RP deeper in debt but who benefits?
Are the poor benefiting at all from the government’s heavy foreign borrowings?
January 7, 2010
Loren urges enhanced feeding program for school children
Mabitac, Laguna - Noting that more than four million Filipino children are considered undernourished and malnourished, Sen. Loren Legarda today advocated a bigger and sustained feeding program for children, especially through the school system.
January 6, 2010
Loren: Plant more trees to combat climate change
Plant more trees, and we can save the environment and deal with climate change while there is still time. This was the key message conveyed by Sen. Loren Legarda, founder of Luntiang Pilipinas, an environmental NGO, in a radio interview today.
January 6, 2010
Legarda urges creation of OFW hospital
Senator Loren Legarda wants the Senate to immediately pass the bill she authored creating the Migrant Workers Hospital so that returning OFWs can avail themselves of medical care.
January 5, 2010
Loren pushes creation of regulatory body for environmental planning
Senator Loren Legarda pushed today for the creation of a government agency that would license and regulate the professional practice of environmental planning in the country, including those of foreign planners who are contracted for work in the Philippines.
January 5, 2010
Loren airs ‘money laundering’ concern
Senator Loren Legarda warned today that the relaxation by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) of its rules on foreign exchange transactions may be used by some corrupt people in government to park their ill-gotten wealth outside of the Philippines to escape garnishment.
January 4, 2010
NPC condemns black propaganda vs Loren
The Nationalist People’s Coalition on Sunday night strongly condemned the “black propaganda” being waged against Sen. Loren Legarda, the NPC-NP candidate for vice president, as “unwarranted, blatantly false and scurrilous.”
January 3, 2010
Loren to push green advocacy even more passionately this time
Sen. Loren Legarda will take a more active role in pushing her advocacy for climate change adaptation and more green technology with the advent of the New Year.
January 2, 2010
