Legarda Lauds DepEd for Creating its Own Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office

September 2, 2011

SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY LAUDED THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DEPED) FOR CREATING ITS OWN DISASTER RISK REDUCTION MANAGEMENT OFFICE (DRRMO), SAYING THIS MOVE WILL AUGUR WELL FOR THE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE AND ASSETS IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR.
Under Deped Order No. 50, Education Secretary Armin Luistro created the Deped DRRMO “to institutionalize the culture of safety at all levels, to systematize protection of education investments and to ensure continued delivery of quality education services.”
Legarda, who is the chair of […]

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Legarda Joined PH Mission to UN on the Benham Rise Region

September 1, 2011

SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT’S CLAIM OVER THE BENHAM RISE REGION AFTER JOINING THE UNITED NATIONS MEETING IN NEW YORK THAT DISCUSSED THE COUNTRY’S SUBMISSION FOR AN EXTENDED CONTINENTAL SHELF (ECS).
“I register my support to the Philippine delegation as it pursues our country’s claim over the natural resources of ECS in the Benham Rise Region,” Legarda said in a statement after the meeting with the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf held in […]

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