February 19, 2010
THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO REHABILITATE THE COUNTRY’S IRRIGATION SYSTEM TO FIGHT AN IMPENDING DROUGHT CAUSED BY EL NIÑO, ACCORDING TO NACIONALISTA PARTY VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA, WHO AIMS TO BE A “GREEN VP.”
Legarda made the proposal in answer to a reporter’s question at a press conference on Thursday morning at the Hotel del Rio in Iloilo City.
But does the country have funds for that?
“Yes, CONGRESS PASSED THE CALAMITY FUND, A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET IN 2009 IN THE […]
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February 19, 2010
NACIONALISTA PARTY VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA DARED HER OPPONENTS TO BE MEN ENOUGH TO REFRAIN FROM MUDSLINGING AND INSTEAD FOCUS ON THE ISSUES, SUCH AS EL NIÑO, WHICH THREATENS TO CAUSE DROUGHT THAT WOULD CUT THE COUNTRY’S FOOD SUPPLY.
“We need a Villar presidency because we need a builder, not a destroyer,” she told reporters at a press conference on Thursday morning at the Hotel del Rio in Iloilo City. “But his opponent, walang ginawa kundi manira (all he […]
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February 19, 2010
LOREN LEGARDA, CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD, TODAY CALLED FOR THE CRAFTING AND ADOPTION OF A LONG-TERMCOMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR EL NIÑO MITIGATION SAYING THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO THE COUNTRY’S SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING.
“This long-term plan should include measures that are integrated in regular government programs directed to various sectors of the society,” Loren stressed.
Loren, who also chairs the Senate oversight committee on climate change, explained that El Niño, a quasi-periodic climatic event that […]
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February 19, 2010
BAROTAC NUEVO, ILOILO—NACIONALISTA PARTY (NP) VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA THURSDAY TOOK MALACAÑANG TO TASK FOR FAILING TO PROMPTLY RELEASE EMERGENCY FUNDS FOR EL NIÑO UNDER THE 2010 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT.
Legarda demanded the prompt release of the funds after talking with rice farmer Pio Bernardo while campaigning in this third-class municipality, a one-hour car trip from Iloilo City.
Bernardo complained to Legarda and NP standard-bearer Manuel Villar that the weather phenomenon had drastically reduced the palay harvest from the […]
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February 19, 2010
NO ONE—NOT EVEN THE AQUINO FAMILY AND THE LIBERAL PARTY (LP)—HOLDS A FRANCHISE TO THE HISTORICAL EVENT THAT WAS THE EDSA PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTION, ACCORDING TO PARTY-LIST REP. SATUR OCAMPO.
“EDSA I is not yours,” Ocampo, who is running for the Senate under the Nacionalista Party (NP), told the rival LP as he insisted it could not take ownership of the revolt of the masses in February, 1986.
Ocampo told reporters at a campaign sortie in Aklan that the icon […]
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