June 26, 2011
AS THE FLOODS CAUSED BY THE RAINS FROM TYPHOON FALCON SUBSIDE AND FAMILIES RETURN TO THEIR HOMES FROM EVACUATION CENTERS, THE STRICT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT LAW BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUS) IS ONE OF THE NEXT CRUCIAL STEPS TO UNDERTAKE, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY STRESSED.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, said that part of disaster risk reduction efforts is to solve the cause of floods that keep on recurring every time a tropical […]
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May 4, 2010
THE FEDERATION OF JEEPNEY OPERATORS AND DRIVERS ASSOCIATIONS OF THE PHILIPPINES (FEJODAP) ENDORSED NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL BET LOREN LEGARDA FOR HER PRO-POOR LEGISLATIONS AND FOR FAVORING THE TRANSPORT GROUP’S ADVOCACY TO JUNK THE OIL DEREGULATION LAW.
“We support Senator Loren Legarda for her pro-poor laws and her concern for the livelihood of jeepney drivers,” said FEJODAP President Zenaida Maranan.
Earlier last year, Legarda called on Congress to review the oil deregulation law for possible amendments.
“Our people had been blaming […]
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April 17, 2010
AMIDST THE INCREASING NUMBER OF EARTHQUAKES IN HIGHLY-POPULATED AREAS, MOST RECENTLY A 6.9 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA THREE DAYS AGO, NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA REITERATED HER CALL FOR SAFER SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS TO PREPARE FOR FUTURE EARTHQUAKES.
“Since the beginning of 2010, four earthquakes struck major cities around the world with great magnitude. The earthquake in Haiti last January reached a 7.0 magnitude, 8.8 in Chile last February, 7.2 early this month in Mexico and just two days […]
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March 15, 2010
NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA TODAY CALLED FOR STRICT MONITORING OF THE P10 BILLION CALAMITY FUND, WARMING AGAINST ITS USE FOR POLITICAL AND CAMPAIGN PURPOSES.
Legarda called on the Senate to exercise its oversight function in monitoring the calamity funds.
“Ang pondong ito ay para sa Mindanao at iba pang parte ng bansa na lubhang nasalanta ng kakulangan ng kuryente at El Nino. Huwag natin ipagkait sa tao at huwag natin i-divert for political operations. We should keep a […]
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