Legarda: Better Protection, Improved Benefits Await Seafarers

In celebration of the 2013 International Seafarers’ Day, Senator Loren Legarda today highlighted the improved benefits and protection that the approximately 400,000 Filipino seafarers are expected to receive when the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) takes effect.
“Thousands of Filipino seafarers will feel the effect of the MLC, 2006 in the coming months as the treaty comes into force in August, a year after the Philippines became the 30th ILO member state to ratify the treaty. Our seafarers will be […]

Legarda Hails Enactment of Universal Healthcare Law

Twenty-five (25) million indigent Filipinos will now have access to basic healthcare services through the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) with the enactment into law of the measure amending the National Health Insurance Act, Senator Loren Legarda today said.

Extreme weather: Heavy rains, floods are ‘new norm’

Typhoons are normal occurrences in a tropical country like the Philippines, with about 20 typhoons hitting the country every year. Lately, however, the Philippines has been experiencing increasing torrential rains even without typhoons. Intense rains, flooded streets, heavy traffic and stranded commuters are becoming part everyday life in Metropolitan Manila and other parts of the country.

Legarda bats for ‘low-carbon’ lifestyle

WITH 85% of Filipinos saying that they have experienced climate change, Senator Loren Legarda on Friday renewed her call to practice a low-carbon lifestyle.
A recent SWS survey revealed that eight out of 10 Filipinos “personally experienced” the effects of climate change.
“The presence of climate change could not be any clearer than this. Before, climate change was a term for the experts, now our citizens are experiencing it through extreme weather events, which in our country translate to either intense heat […]

Legarda Hailed as Distinguished UP Alumna

Citing her contribution in protecting the environment and pushing for climate change adaptation policies, the University of the Philippines (UP) has chosen Senator Loren Legarda as one of its distinguished alumni for the year.

Legarda, who graduated cum laude from UP in 1981 with a Bachelor in Arts, major in Broadcast Communications degree, is the premier state university’s 2013 Distinguished Alumna for Environmental Protection and Climate Change Adaptation.