Urban gardening, backyard farming in 2nd episode of ‘Stories for A Better Normal’ series

May 20, 2020

In the second episode of the online discussion series ‘Stories for a Better Normal: Pandemic and Climate Change Pathways’ on the topic, ‘Growing Your Own Food 101’, Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda will feature the importance of growing your own food and urban gardens at home or with the community.
The second episode will be livestreamed this Thursday, May 21, 10:00am, via Facebook Live [www.facebook.com/conglorenlegarda and www.facebook.com/CCCPhl].
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar will be joining the online conversation to discuss the “Plant, Plant, Plant […]

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Legarda: Stage a green and resilient COVID-19 recovery through the New Normal Bill

May 18, 2020

MANILA, 18 May 2020 — House Deputy Speaker and Antique Representative Loren Legarda urged the government to ensure the protection of the most vulnerable by staging a green and resilient COVID-19 recovery, during a hearing via videoconferencing earlier today on House Bill 6623 (HB 6623) or the New Normal for the Workplace and Public Spaces Act of 2020.
Legarda, Chair of the New Normal Cluster of the Defeat COVID-19 Ad Hoc Committee (DCC), intended to shepherd the bill’s passage to contain […]

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Opening Remarks of Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda Committee Deliberation on the New Normal Bill

May 18, 2020

Good morning.
We are gathered today under unique circumstances.
The Coronavirus Disease has upended the way we live and the way we do business. It has shone light on the domino effect that is triggered when one element is destabilized in the interconnected system of human health, planetary health, and economic stability.
Clearly, we are grappling with a crisis of enormous scale and human impact.
This is a moment in time when our work here in Congress is in its most critical.
Everything we do […]

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Legarda Pushes for New Normal Bill Passage

May 18, 2020

Deputy Speaker and Antique Representative Loren Legarda pushed for the immediate passage of House Bill No. 6623 or the New Normal for the Workplace and Public Spaces Act of 2020, which was earlier filed on April 27, 2020.
Legarda, together with House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, Majority Leader Ferdinand Romualdez, Deputy Speaker Luis Raymund Villafuerte, Deputy Speaker Paolo Duterte, Representative Eric Go Yap, Rep. Lorenz Defensor, and Rep. Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado, are principal authors of the proposed measure.
Legarda said that the […]

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Legarda: “Everyone Can Lead Sustainable Lives at Home”

May 14, 2020

To inspire individuals, households, and communities to adopt sustainable practices for a better normal in light of the pandemic and climate crisis, Deputy Speaker and Antique Representative Loren Legarda held her first online discussion of the series “Stories for a Better Normal: Pandemic and Climate Pathways,” a virtual conversation on COVID-19 and the climate emergency.
The series is a partnership with the Climate Change Commission (CCC), with support from the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC), The Climate Reality Project-Philippines, […]

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