“Climate change, especially in tropical countries like the Philippines, creates more rainfall and warmer temperatures. Coupled with the worsening solid waste management problem in our cities, we have conditions that provide optimal breeding for disease-carrying mosquitoes,”
Read MoreSENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DEPED), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LUNTIANG PILIPINAS, WILL SOON SELECT THE WINNERS FOR THE “BEST SCHOOL FOREST PARK” PROGRAM.
Read MoreSENATOR LOREN LEGARDA HAS SOUGHT THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL REGISTRY FOR FINE ART THAT WILL CHRONICLE EXISTING FILIPINO ARTWORKS AND GUARD AGAINST THE PRODUCTION, PROLIFERATION, AND SALE OF THEIR FORGERIES.
Read More“World hunger remains one of our most pressing problems, an issue that rising economic activity in the name of development has not been able to solve. Based on 2010 statistics of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), one in seven people in the world are not getting enough food to eat,”
Read MoreSENATOR LOREN LEGARDA, UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL CHAMPION FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION FOR ASIA-PACIFIC, SAID THAT WORLD LEADERS SHOULD AGREE ON BOLD AND DECISIVE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS BY THE CONCLUSION OF THE RIO +20 UN CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TO BE HELD FROM JUNE 20 TO 22 IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL.
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