February 19, 2015
As the country welcomes Chinese New Year, Senator Loren Legarda expressed optimism towards better relations and enhanced cooperation between Filipinos and Chinese.
“I wish to extend my greetings of prosperity and good fortune to our Filipino-Chinese friends as we join them in celebrating this year’s Chinese New Year. The Filipino-Chinese community has made an immense contribution to the economic and cultural development of our nation and continues to do so. We recognize their acumen in entrepreneurship and value their deep sense […]
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February 18, 2015
Senator Loren Legarda today welcomed the news that the US Government has already paid the Philippine Government the full amount of Php87,033,570.71 as compensation for the damage caused by the USS Guardian when it ran aground on Tubbataha Reef.
“It is great news that the US government has finally given full compensation for the damages to the Tubbataha Reef Natural Park, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. I am also happy that they will be providing assistance to the Philippine […]
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February 18, 2015
There is, in the ethnographic section of the National Museum, a piece of cloth woven from abaca and bearing a design and patterns using natural dyes. Recovered from a wooden coffin inside a disturbed cave in the island of Banton off the coast of Romblon, the deteriorated length of cloth is believed to have been used as a death shroud. Along with other pieces of ceramics, glass beads, combs and bracelets found in the same coffin, the cloth has been […]
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February 15, 2015
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Loren Legarda, head of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, on Sunday urged her colleagues to ensure the speedy passage of the bill that seeks to provide a unified legal framework to ensure a rational, holistic, and just allocation, use, and management of the country’s land resources.
In a statement, Legarda emphasized that the National Land Use Bill is necessary in the country’s disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation efforts as it recognizes the […]
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February 15, 2015
Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, urged her colleagues to ensure the speedy passage of the National Land Use Bill, which seeks to provide a unified legal framework that will ensure a rational, holistic, and just allocation, use and management of the country’s land resources.
Legarda issued the statement during the public hearing of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources for the proposed National Land Use Act where she stressed the urgent need […]
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