March 17, 2010
COLLEGE STUDENTS MIGHT DO BETTER AFTER WALKING OFF THE STAGE WITH THEIR DIPLOMAS IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER AIMING FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP INSTEAD OF EMPLOYMENT, NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA SAID ON TUSEDAY.
“It’s always sobering to think that you graduate only to join the ranks of the unemployed. That’s why I decided to get part-time jobs even while in school,” Legarda said, recalling her years at the UP Institute of Mass Communication.
Legarda issued the statement in reaction to a […]
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March 17, 2010
“IT’S VERY REASSURING AND ENCOURAGING TO HEAR THAT DANDING COJUANGCO HAS AFFIRMED HIS AND THE PARTY’S SUPPORT FOR ME,” NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA SAID ON WEDNESDAY, A DAY AFTER HEARING THE NEWS.
In a story titled “Danding Cojuangco affirms support for Legarda,” Inquirer.net quoted Rep. Mark Cojuangco, son of the NPC founder, as saying: “We may not have a presidential aspirant in these elections, but the NPC has not wavered in its commitment to support Senator Legarda.”
“I […]
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March 17, 2010
NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL BET LOREN LEGARDA TODAY CHALLENGED ALL CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR NATIONAL POSITIONS TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE, “AN ISSUE THAT IS NO LONGER THE ABSTRACT, UNINTELLIGIBLE CONCEPT THAT IT WAS BEFORE. CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL. YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE DAILY STRUGGLES OF THE POOR TODAY.”
Legarda, the only candidate carrying environmental issues in her national campaign, cited the plight of farmers against El Nino, hunger, poverty, and the spread of disease as “everyday effects of climate change”.
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March 16, 2010
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA, SENATE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON YESTERDAY SAID SHE WILL INCLUDE IN THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES EXTENSION SYSTEM BILL OR R.A. 3100 THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE BARANGAY TECHNICIANS AS PART OF THE EXTENSION SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURE.
Legarda has been working on the said bill in the Senate and the Congressional Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries (COCAFM), a joint legislative body which she also chairs is conducting its review on the extension system to further improve […]
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March 16, 2010
MANILA, PHILIPPINES–MONEY SENT HOME BY OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) SURGED BY 8.5 PERCENT TO $1.372 BILLION IN JANUARY OR $107 MILLION MORE THAN THE $1.265 BILLION SENT HOME IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, THE BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS (BSP) REPORTED YESTERDAY.
BSP Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr. said that remittances from sea-based workers jumped by 18.1 percent while that from land-based workers went up by 6.3 percent.
He said the bulk, or 81.1 percent, of the total inflows in […]
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