March 5, 2015
During his historic state visit to the Philippines, the first by a French head of state, President François Hollande came armed with stellar attractions: at least three beautiful, photogenic women were with him, and each was a champion of Mother Earth.
With their beauty and accomplishments, each could have caused many a temperature to soar. But Academy Award-winning actress Marion Cotillard and actress Mélanie Laurent, and French minister for the environment and sustainable development and energy and Hollande’s ex-girlfriend Ségolène Royal, […]
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March 3, 2015
MANILA, Philippines –Senator Loren Legarda is urging governments of the world to build a united front against climate change.
Legarda, head of the Senate committee on climate change, particularly asked the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) to join the cause.
The senator made the call during a discussion with ICAPP Chairman Jose de Venecia, Jr., who readily agreed to convene the ICAPP to join a global alliance to fight climate change and its impacts.
“ICAPP Chairman De Venecia has readily agreed […]
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March 3, 2015
In the same forum, Senator Loren Legarda, veteran champion of the environment and our most prominent advocate of addressing climate change and disasters, articulated what was at stake in this first ever-state visit of a French President to our country. She pointed out the consequences of climate change: “extremely harsh weather events, flooding, declining fish catch, water scarcity, declining agricultural harvests, exacerbating health issues, extinction of animal and plant species, displacement of people, and even the demise of low-lying areas, […]
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March 2, 2015
True to their common cause (protecting the environment), Sen. Loren Legarda gave French actress Marion Cotillard a native tote bag as a send-off gift.
“The bag was made of abel from Bontoc, Mountain Province, and abaca from Lake Sebu,” Loren told Funfare. “Cotillard loved it.”
During Cotillard’s two-day visit with Pres. Francois Hollande of France, she and Loren became instant soulmates when they met in two of the official events before the French delegation flew to the Yolanda–devastated Guiuan, Eastern Samar, to […]
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