July 27, 2011
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA REITERATED HER CALL TO THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ENFORCE A HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, MANAGE RAPIDLY INCREASING EXPOSURE TO HAZARDS FROM URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND ENSURE EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY-BASED EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS, AS HEAVY RAINS BROUGHT BY TYPHOON JUANING POUNDED LUZON YESTERDAY.
“Although we tend to focus only on the big disasters – the mega typhoons and disastrous floods and landslides such as Tropical Storm Ondoy and Typhoon Pepeng in 2009 that killed nearly a thousand […]
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July 27, 2011
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY WARNED LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO MAINTAIN STRICT VIGILANCE AS HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO POUR, LEADING TO THE NEAR SPILLING LEVEL OF SEVERAL DAMS IN THE COUNTRY.
Legarda cited an update from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) that water levels at Ipo Dam and La Mesa Dam are 99.5m and 79.87m, respectively, as of July 27, 10:00 a.m..
The spilling levels of these dams are 100.2 and 80.15, respectively.
“We […]
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July 26, 2011
AS ANOTHER TROPICAL DEPRESSION, NAMED JUANING, LASHES AT FIVE PROVINCES IN THE BICOL REGION AND EARTHQUAKE HITS SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA LED THE PHILIPPINE LAUNCH OF THE UNITED NATIONS’ GLOBAL ASSESSMENT REPORT ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AT THE SENATE.
Held a day after President Aquino’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), Legarda said that she should have appreciated the SONA more “If the President asserted more clearly how the government will pursue disaster risk reduction and […]
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July 25, 2011
ON THE DAY OF THE PRESIDENT’S STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS (SONA), SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA ECHOES THE CALL FOR PRESIDENT AQUINO TO BE A “GREEN PRESIDENT,” ASIDE FROM BEING A “YELLOW PRESIDENT,” BY MAKING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION – IN RELATION TO POVERTY ALLEVIATION – HIS TOP PRIORITY.
This call was made by the Senator after various groups of lawmakers, environmentalists, indigenous people and other advocates made a similar call on the President urging him to support […]
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July 25, 2011
ON THE DAY OF THE PRESIDENT’S STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS (SONA), SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA ECHOES THE CALL FOR PRESIDENT AQUINO TO BE A “GREEN PRESIDENT,” ASIDE FROM BEING A “YELLOW PRESIDENT,” BY MAKING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION – IN RELATION TO POVERTY ALLEVIATION – HIS TOP PRIORITY.
This call was made by the Senator after various groups of lawmakers, environmentalists, indigenous people and other advocates made a similar call on the President urging him to support […]
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