July 10, 2015
STRESSING the varied uses of malunggay, Senator Loren Legarda urged the government to maximize the benefits of the tropical crop.
“Because of the many uses of malunggay, the government should formulate a sustainable framework for development that will serve as guide to the formulation an implementation of plans, programs and projects for the production, marketing, processing and distribution of malunggay for food, medicinal, health and commercial needs,” Legarda said.
Legarda said she has re-filed the proposed Malunggay Development Act to spur the […]
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July 9, 2015
Senator Loren Legarda today highlighted the varied uses of malunggay and urged the government to maximize the benefits of the tropical crop.
Legarda said that she has re-filed the proposed Malunggay Development Act, under Senate Bill No. 104, to spur the production, processing, marketing and distribution of malunggay in suitable areas of the country in order to acquire its benefits.
Malunggay is one of the most useful tropical trees. Its young leaves are commonly cooked and eaten like spinach or used to […]
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July 9, 2015
SENATOR Loren Legarda lauded the recent triumph of climate advocates as the Dutch court ordered its government to reduce carbon emissions by 25 percent within five years to help protect its citizens from climate change.
“Nations have made pledges to cut their carbon emissions in international treaties but it is easy to make promises. This development shows that governments around the world have a legal obligation to their people when it comes to climate change mitigation.”
Reports stated that a court in […]
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July 9, 2015
SENATOR Lorna Regina “Loren” B. Legarda renewed her call for the strict implementation of Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management (ESWM) Law, stressing that local government units (LGUs) should aim for zero waste.
In her keynote speech for the opening of the First National Integrated Waste Management Exhibition, Ms. Legarda, principal author of RA 9003, urged the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) to strengthen its efforts in ensuring compliance with the ESWM law.
“Encourage LGUs that compliance is […]
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July 9, 2015
“UNLESS we learn how to manage our waste, starting with proper garbage segregation and disposal, we will never be able to clean our waters and our communities,” warned Sen. Loren Legarda, a known Filipino environmentalist.
Of course, the warning is nothing new in the Philippines, which is reportedly the world’s third top contributor of plastic marine waste, next only to China and Indonesia.
Of the 275 million tons of plastic waste generated in 192 coastal countries throughout the world in 2010, plastic […]
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