June 19, 2011
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA HAILED THE PASSAGE IN CONGRESS OF THE MEASURE THAT WILL ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE FREE VACCINATION SERVICES TO INFANTS AND CHILDREN.
Legarda, co-author of the “Mandatory Infant and Children Health Immunization Act of 2011”, said that the measure is a few steps away from becoming a law after the Senate Committee on Health and Demography recently submitted the Bicameral Conference Committee report on the disagreeing provisions of the Senate and House versions of the […]
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June 18, 2011
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY CALLED ON FILIPINOS TO HIGHLIGHT AND HONOR ANOTHER FACET IN THE LIFE OF THE COUNTRY’S NATIONAL HERO – THAT OF BEING A HERO OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change and a staunch environmentalist, said that Dr. Jose Rizal also underscored the importance of caring for the environment through his actions, which Filipinos must recognize and aim to follow.
“Most of us know Dr. Jose Rizal as the highly-educated hero who […]
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June 17, 2011
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA PUSHED FOR THE INCLUSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS COURSES IN ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE AWARE OF THEIR RIGHTS AND TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE.
“In a time when our society constantly experiences extra-judicial killings, discrimination based on ethnicity and gender, enforced disappearances, hunger, internal displacement due to armed conflict, sexual abuse, among others, it is a fact of life that many of our […]
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June 16, 2011
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA WELCOMED THE LAUNCHING OF THE NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM (NREP), CITING THE CRUCIAL ROLE PLAYED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY DURING THE POWER CRISIS IN THE 1990S.
“It is about time we take a consistent and deliberate effort to develop our own energy resources in ways that we can guarantee to future generations of Filipinos a legacy of clean, reliable, and affordable energy,” Legarda said.
The Senator noted that geothermal energy and hydropower helped augment the country’s power requirements […]
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June 15, 2011
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY CALLED ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUS) ALL OVER THE NATION TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT IN THE CRUSADE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE COUNTRY’S MARINE RESOURCES.
Legarda made the call as she expressed alarm over several occurrences of marine life exploitation such as the destruction of approximately 7,000 hectares of sea bed within the Moro Gulf and the Sulu Sea, and the brutal killing of a “butanding” or whale shark in Antique.
The Senator urged LGUs […]
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