September 9, 2015
“Taking back their waste is the only option,” said Senator Loren Legarda today at the hearing of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on the container vans containing household wastes that were shipped from Canada to the Philippines.
“Canada is a signatory to the Basel Convention. As part of their commitment to the Convention, they should take back their waste. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) should maintain their firm […]
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September 8, 2015
Legarda: ‘We deserve clean air!’
The kind of life the future generations will have would be dictated upon not by economic breakthroughs, but by the changing climate in the years and decades to come.
From the way government today is behaving, Filipinos, a century from now, will most likely live in extreme economic difficulties brought about by adverse effects of climate change.
Among our national leaders, the only serious voice pushing for priority attention on environmental concerns is Senator Loren […]
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September 8, 2015
Senator Loren Legarda today said that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) should ensure that the evacuation centers it plans to construct will be built on safe areas and are structurally sound.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, made the statement during the committee hearing for the proposed 2016 budget of DPWH.
According to DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singson, they have identified 190 school sites that are often used as evacuation centers and they are proposing to build evacuation […]
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September 8, 2015
In an effort to promote greater appreciation of the contributions of the Moro people to the country’s history, Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities, has filed a bill seeking to include Moro history, culture and identity studies as an elective subject in the college curriculum.
“The goal of this measure is to provide the youth a broader perspective of their past, reinforcing Filipino identity. It also aims to provide deeper knowledge and understanding of the centuries-long […]
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September 8, 2015
MANILA, Philippines – With Congress aiming to pass the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) before October 10, Senator Loren Legarda reminded the public about another measure that will allow Filipinos to better understand the Moro people.
Senate Bill 2685 mandates the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to include the subject “Moro History, Culture, and Identity Studies” as an elective in the country’s higher education curriculum – a move that, according to Legarda, will promote national unity.
“The goal of this measure is to […]
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