Loren champions safer schools and hospitals

April 9, 2010

NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA RENEWED HER COMMITMENT TO HELP MAKE SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS SAFE FROM DISASTERS AS THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS PARTNERS LAUNCH THE “ONE MILLION SAFE SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS” GLOBAL CAMPAIGN IN MANILA ON THURSDAY.
Loren, who is the United Nations Regional Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation for Asia and the Pacific, enjoined her online followers “to contribute time, energy and resources for the safety of schools or hospitals”.
On her webpage […]

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Legarda dares Aquino-Roxas to End “Dirty Tricks” – Press Statement of NP-NPC-LDP Vice Presidential Candidate Loren Legarda

April 7, 2010

SINCE THIS NATIONAL CAMPAIGN STARTED, MY SONS AND I HAVE BEEN DEEPLY TROUBLED BY THE FLOOD OF LIES AND SLANDER OBVIOUSLY DIRECTED AGAINST OUR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND MYSELF, CHURNED BY THE DIRTY TRICKS AND WRECKING CREWS OF THE LIBERAL PARTY.
All these months, my family and I have kept our silence on this matter, simply because when I decided to run for office, I — together with my standard bearer and members of our alliance — have vowed to run […]

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Legarda joins PUP Students’ call against Roxas “Political Opportunism”

April 6, 2010

NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA JOINED THE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES (PUP) COMMUNITY LED BY ITS STUDENT REGENT DONNA PASCUAL IN CRITICIZING MAR ROXAS FOR CLAIMING THE CREDIT FOR THE PUP BOARD OF REGENTS’ DECISION TO REJECT THE TUITION FEE HIKE.
Last month, the PUP Board of Regents rejected the school administration’s proposed 17-fold increase in tuition and miscellaneous fee rates from P12 to P200 per unit.
In a press release, Roxas claimed it was through his motion […]

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Legarda: Does gov’t really care for the elderly?

April 6, 2010

IS THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TRULY FOR THE WELFARE OF THE SENIOR CITIZENS? NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL BET LOREN LEGARDA IS ASKING THIS QUESTION BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT APPEARS RELUCTANT TO IMPLEMENT THE EXPANDED SENIOR CITIZENS ACT OF 2010 (RA 9994) WHICH WILL GRANT THE ELDERLY AN EXEMPTION FROM THE VALUE-ADDED TAX IN THE PURCHASE OF GOODS AND SERVICES, AMONG OTHER THINGS.
The original law for benefit of senior citizens (RA 7432) granted Filipinos who are 60 years old or older a 20 […]

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Albay Gov Hails Legarda’s “Social Technocratism”

April 5, 2010

LEGAZPI –– ALBAY GOVERNOR JOEY SALCEDA TODAY LAUDED NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA FOR WHAT HE CALLS “SOCIAL TECHNOCRATISM” WHICH PUTS A PREMIUM ON A GOVERNMENT LEADER’S ABILITY TO REACH ALL SOCIAL CLASSES.
“We need a leader that can relate to people from all walks of life, a leader that can do social rebalancing. To me, Loren Legarda epitomizes this type of leader,” he said.
“Our farmers are our silent heroes. They feed the country, and yet they are […]

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