Legarda: Expanded Anti-Trafficking Bill Approved in Bicam
November 13, 2012“This time, there is no reason for human trafficking to triumph against our collective crusade against this modern day slavery,”
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Legarda: ILO 189 will be More Effective with Passage of Kasambahay Bill
November 13, 2012SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY STRESSED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE IMMEDIATE PASSAGE OF THE KASAMBAHAY BILL IN PROTECTING FILIPINO DOMESTIC WORKERS, STRESSING THAT THE MEASURE WILL COMPLEMENT THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO) CONVENTION 189, THE CONVENTION CONCERNING DECENT WORK FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS.
Legarda, sponsor of ILO Convention 189, said that the treaty will be more effective with the passage of the Kasambahay Bill.
Legarda to Conduct Senate Hearing on Traditional Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples Bill
November 13, 2012“Our indigenous peoples have suffered historical injustices in the form of discrimination, deprivation of their ancestral domains and lands, among many other human rights violations. To put salt in their many wounds, there have been reported incidences wherein their indigenous knowledge, dances, and designs are being stolen by local and foreign entities,”
Read MoreLegarda Files Resolution to Conduct Inquiry into Alleged Waste Dumping Incident in Subic by a US Navy Contractor
November 12, 2012SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY FILED SENATE RESOLUTION 894 THAT WILL DIRECT THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS AND COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT A JOINT INQUIRY INTO THE ALLEGED WASTE DUMPING INCIDENT IN SUBIC BY A US NAVY CONTRACTOR.
“The tanker MT Glenn Guardian, said to be owned by a private contractor of the US Navy, allegedly discharged untreated and toxic wastewater into the sea, about 37 kilometers away from Subic Bay without a discharge permit from […]
Legarda: Expanded Anti-Trafficking Bill to Improve Efforts Against Trafficking in the PHL
November 12, 2012“It would be prudent to carefully study the efforts undertaken, over the years, to identify other gaps that could probably be addressed by stronger policy measures, and improvement in our law enforcement, prosecution, justice system, and even programs and services for trafficked persons and those who are vulnerable to trafficking,”
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