Legarda: Updated Dam Protocols Must Save Lives and Livelihoods

October 1, 2011

SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA CALLED ON THE NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION (NAPOCOR) TO ENSURE THAT THE UPDATED PROTOCOLS ON DAM WATER RELEASES WOULD NO LONGER POSE RISKS TO THE LIVES AND LIVELIHOOD OF PEOPLE IN AFFECTED AREAS.
Legarda made the call as communities in the provinces of Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija and Pangasinan remain submerged in floodwaters even as Napocor said it has already updated its protocol for dam water release.
“Napocor said it has updated its dam protocols, but the current […]

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Legarda to Assess Government’s Efforts on Disaster Prevention Amid Worsening Climate Change Impacts

October 1, 2011

THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE WILL CONDUCT A HEARING ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, TO DISCUSS UPDATES ON THE GOVERNMENT’S DISASTER PREVENTION GIVEN THE WORSENING CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS MANIFESTED BY EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, INCLUDING THE ENTRY OF TYPHOON QUIEL TODAY.
Senator Loren Legarda, the committee chair, said the highlights of the hearing include the presentations by Climate Change Commission Secretary Mary Ann Lucille Sering on the National Climate Change Action Plan, and by Gen. Benito Ramos of the National Disaster […]

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