April 8, 2011
AS MANY FILIPINOS RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PROMPT ALERTS ON IMPENDING DISASTERS, THE GOVERNMENT MUST HEED THE PEOPLE’S DEMAND THROUGH THE IMMEDIATE ESTABLISHMENT OF EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS AND PRIORITIZATION OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMS, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA SAID TODAY.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, cited the results of a recent Pulse Asia survey which revealed that 56% of Filipinos believe that the government must prioritize early warning mechanisms among its disaster preparedness efforts, followed by the storing […]
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April 7, 2011
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY CALLED FOR AGGRESSIVE EFFORTS TO DEVELOP THE COUNTRY’S RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES.
The call was made in the light of the spiraling price of oil in the global market and the public safety issues that have emerged from the crisis facing Japan’s Fukushima nuclear complex.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations and Climate Change, cautioned against taking the “nuclear path” to address the country’s energy needs.
In issuing this warning, the Senator noted that […]
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April 6, 2011
CONCERNED WITH REPORTS ON THE RAPID DETERIORATION OF THE IFUGAO RICE TERRACES, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY URGED CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, PARTICULARLY THE IFUGAO CULTURAL HERITAGE OFFICE, TO ENSURE THAT VARIOUS EFFORTS ARE IN PLACE TO SAVE IT FROM TOTAL DEGRADATION.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities, filed Senate Resolution 440, which directs the committee to conduct an inquiry on the said issue.
“The Ifugao Rice Terraces has been dubbed as an Eighth Wonder of the World and […]
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April 5, 2011
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA HAS PROPOSED A TOTAL BAN ON THE USE OF NON-BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC BAGS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF CURBING POLLUTION AND HELPING THE NATION MANAGE ITS ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES MORE WISELY.
Legarda cited studies that revealed the unrelenting and neglectful use of plastic bags around the world.
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, about 500 billion to one trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year. Meanwhile, the 2005 World Wildlife Fund Report showed that […]
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April 3, 2011
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY URGED THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) TO IMPROVE ITS PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES AND ENSURE EARLY PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF DISEASES AS IT WAS FOUND THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS A MAJOR FACTOR IN THE INCREASE OF DEATHS DUE TO VARIOUS ILLNESSES.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, said that according to a study, Climate Vulnerability Monitor 2010, it is not disasters but diseases that cause the most number of deaths by climate change.
She […]
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