Legarda: Ensure implementation of Clean Air Act, new WHO air pollution standards

September 23, 2021

MANILA, 23 September 2021 — Three-term Senator and Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda welcomed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) release yesterday of new outdoor air pollutions standards and called for a stronger implementation of the Philippine Clean Air Act (Republic Act No. 8749), which she authored and helped enact into law over two decades ago.
 
Legarda said air pollution “is a global and national public health concern to which has been attributed millions of premature deaths around the world.” Millions more people […]

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Bamboo is Life in 63rd episode of ‘Stories for a Better Normal’ Series

September 22, 2021

MANILA, 21 September 2021 — Bamboo advocates will gather virtually to share knowledge on and promote bamboo propagation and utilization to attain sustainable livelihoods on the 63rd episode of “Stories for a Better Normal: Pandemic and Climate Change Pathways,” with the topic, “Bamboo is Life!”
The online conversation, conceptualized and hosted by a three-term former Senator, now Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda, will air on Thursday, 23 September 2021, 10:00 AM via Facebook Live at facebook.com/CCCPhl and facebook.com/iamlorenlegarda. Two lucky viewers can […]

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Legarda: Culture Mapping a must for LGUs

September 16, 2021

Three-term Senator and Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda, principal author of House Bill No. 10057, also known as the Cultural Mapping bill, lauded the approval of the bill on third reading during the regular session of the House of Representatives.
The bill seeks to amend Republic Act No. 10066, also known as the “National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009”, to mandate the conduct of cultural mapping in all Local Government Units.
Legarda, who first filed the proposed measure in 2014 in the Senate […]

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Legarda lauds HoR approval of the BARMM Elections Postponement bill

September 16, 2021

Three-term Senator, Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda, principal author of the bill, commended the approval on third reading of House Bill No. 10121 which seeks to amend Section 13 Article XVI of Republic Act No. 11054, also known as the Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Legarda, who filed measure as House Bill 8116 on December 1, 2020, expressed that the passage of this bill will allow the Bangsamoro Government to attend to more urgent needs of the […]

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Campaign For Nature in 62nd episode of ‘Stories for a Better Normal’ Series

September 15, 2021

MANILA, 14 September 2021 — Young Filipino conservationists and climate advocates will gather virtually to promote meaningful youth engagement in environmental and climate action on the 62nd episode of “Stories for a Better Normal: Pandemic and Climate Change Pathways,” with the topic, “Campaign For Nature.”
The online conversation, conceptualized and hosted by a three-term former Senator, now Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda, will air on Thursday, 16 September 2021, 10AM via Facebook Live at facebook.com/CCCPhl and facebook.com/iamlorenlegarda. Two lucky viewers will win […]

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