SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA, CHAIR OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE CITED THE EFFORTS OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE AGREED ON A MUSLIM SEVEN YEAR ACTION PLAN ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
“Their plans to work towards transforming the Hajj into an environment-friendly pilgrimage; to construct a “green mosque”; develop Muslim cities as “green cities”; and train imams on environmental education are highly laudable.”
Senator Legarda, Guest Speaker in today’s Muslim Association for Climate Change Action: A Roundtable Discussion Meet at […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA SAID THERE IS AN URGENT NEED TO START REORGANIZING THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY ESPECIALLY FOLLOWING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT’S CALL FOR REFORMS IN ALL GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED AND OWNED CORPORATIONS WHICH INCLUDE THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY DURING THIS MORNING’S BRIEFING BY THE DEVELOPMENT BUDGET COORDINATING COMMITTEE.
Legarda asserted that “Many of the anomalies associated with the NFA operations may be traced to its charter which mandates it to exercise both proprietary and regulatory roles. The NFA […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA, CHAIR OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES LAUDS THE SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (IPS)/INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES (ICCS) AND INDUSTRIES/BUSINESSES.
“By working together, we can bring about the cultural, economic, social and ecological development of our Indigenous brothers and sisters.”
Citing the situation of the Mansaka Tribe in the Municipality of Maco, Province of Compostela Valley, she pointed out that the Maco Ancestral Domain Council Incorporated (MDCI) works in harmony with Apex Mining Company Incorporated, where […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA THROUGH THE FILING OF SENATE BILL NO. 1384 PROPOSED AN INCREASE IN THE SALARY OF BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS TO SALARY GRADE 10 (P14,641) AND BE GIVEN A MANDATORY CHRISTMAS BONUS ASIDE FROM THE BENEFITS GRANTED TO OTHER BARANGAY EMPLOYEES.
“At present, the Barangay Health Workers receive a monthly honorarium of only P1,000 a month.”
“With the resurgence of different disease outbreaks that most often emerge in the remotest areas in the country or with every calamity that […]
For sixteen years, our barangay health workers have been our health information disseminators, the nurturers of expectant mothers and sick children, and the providers of genuine health care to the Filipino in the deepest nooks of the country.
I would like to thank the National Confederation of Barangay Health Workers of the Philippines for inviting me to speak before the unsung heroes of our health delivery system.
Indeed, we have gone far in medicine and health care services. But it […]
