April 19, 2010
NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA CALLED ON THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO RECONSIDER ITS DECISION TO DROP THE NAMES OF AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO (ARMM) GOV. ZALDY AMPATUAN AND MAMASAPANO MAYOR AKMAD AMPATUAN AMONG THE ACCUSED IN THE MASS MURDER OF 57 PEOPLE IN MAGUINDANAO LAST NOVEMBER.
On February 9, 2010, Andal Ampatuan Sr., 25 other members of his family (including Zaldy and Akman Ampatuan), 65 soldiers and police officers, and 106 members of a civilian militia […]
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April 18, 2010
NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA CALLED ON THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) TO REVIEW THE CASE OF FILIPINO OFW “JOSEPH” (NOT HIS REAL NAME) AND FIND OUT IF THERE WERE LAPSES IN THE LEGAL AID PROVIDED BY THE PHILIPPINE EMBASSY IN RIYADH.
The Filipino worker who hails from Mexico, Pampanga, went to Riyadh in October 2008 to work as a tile setter. He claims to have been brutally beaten by his Sudanese landlord and accidentally killed the Sudanese […]
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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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April 15, 2010
NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL BET SENATOR LOREN LOREN LEGARDA TODAY CHAMPIONED FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, DESCRIBING IT AS A RIGHT OF EVERYONE TO DEFINE THEIR OWN FOOD, AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK AND FISHERIES SYSTEMS.
“Right now, food prices continue to spiral upward because it’s linked to international market forces beyond our control. And there’s also the issue of climate change, of the drought constraining the productivity of our farmers and fisherfolk which also contribute to higher food prices. We know that the higher the food […]
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April 15, 2010
NP-NPC-LP VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA URGED THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (COMELEC) TO INFORM THE CANDIDATES OF THE PRECINCTS WHICH WILL HAVE NO AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COME ELECTION TIME, IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT NEWS THAT THIRTY PERCENT OF THE VOTE CANVASSING WILL BE CONDUCTED MANUALLY.
“We have crafted the law providing for automated elections, and mandated that 100% of the transmission and counting of ballots should be automated. Voting, of course is still a manual activity. It’s the transmission and […]
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