December 4, 2014
Senator Loren Legarda today called on all local government units (LGUs) in the forecasted path of Typhoon Ruby to ensure that information about the storm is relayed to citizens so that everyone is prepared.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, said it is crucial for LGUs, including barangay officials, to conduct information dissemination campaign on the strength of the typhoon and its effects including expected storm surges, and the community evacuation plan.
“Every barangay should gather their citizens or […]
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December 4, 2014
Senator Loren Legarda has joined international experts, lawyers and scientists to bring to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) the issue of climate change and how nations are addressing the phenomenon.
Legarda, UN Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation for Asia-Pacific, filed Senate Resolution No. 1030, calling on President Benigno Aquino III and Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario to formally inscribe on the agenda for the 70th Session (2015) of the UNGA, the proposal to refer to […]
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December 3, 2014
Bayambang, Pangasinan – Senator Loren Legarda has assured the Parents-Teachers Association of Bayambang Central School here that she would help in the restoration of the fire-damaged Gabaldon school building.
Legarda stressed that as built heritage structures, the Gabaldon buildings represent historic, architectural and socio-political significance to the country.
“These structures symbolize the first foundation of the Philippine public school system during the American colonial regime, in which each Filipino child, even from the most remote areas of the country, had access to […]
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December 3, 2014
SENATOR Loren Legarda said Wednesday proper use of roads will help address traffic congestion in cities.
“How do we solve the problem of traffic? The solution does not seem to be the widening of roads or the construction of more flyovers, because over time, new roads would just be filled with new cars,” Legarda said in a privilege speech.
“The solution is simple, simple but brilliant: a road diet. We need to constrict our roads so that we will be forced to […]
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December 1, 2014
Senator Loren Legarda today hailed the President’s move to task the various agencies of government to work together towards addressing climate change and building the country’s resilience.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, expressed her support to President Benigno Aquino III’s Executive Order No. 174, which institutionalizes a greenhouse gas inventory management and reporting system, and tasks the Climate Change Commission (CCC) to lead the formulation of climate change adaptation and mitigation policies and strategies.
“As a nation that is […]
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