CAVITENOS WARMLY WELCOMED NACIONALISTA PARTY STANDARD BEARERS PRESIDENT MANNY VILLAR AND VICE-PRESIDENT LOREN LEGARDA AS THEY SCOURED FOUR TOWNS OF CAVITE AND SPOKE TO VARIOUS GROUPS INCLUDING THE YOUTH, STUDENTS, SENIOR CITIZENS, THE CLERGY, LOCAL FARMERS, HEALTH WORKERS AND TEACHERS.
Loren expressed her commitment and confidence that their team-up’s campaign and platform of governance is based on the core Filipino values of competence, experience and transparency. She stressed that these core values are what will drive their programs for public […]
TANZA, CAVITE, PHILIPPINES—NATIONALISTA PARTY VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA ON FRIDAY URGED MALACAÑANG TO SIGN THE EXPANDED SENIORS’ CITIZEN ACT, SAYING GOVERNMENT SHOULD GIVE IMPORTANCE TO SOCIAL SERVICES AS MUCH AS IT PRIORITIZES TAX REVENUES.
“What’s the P1.6 billion that (government) would lose (with the bill) compared to what we’ve been losing to corruption,” Legarda told reporters following a campaign rally of the Nacionalista Party here. “Tingnan din natin ang social services,” she added.
The proposed law aims to […]
MANILA, PHILIPPINES–SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA HAS CALLED FOR A BROADER SCOPE OF THE CURRENT SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAW TO INCLUDE MORE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION IN ITS MANDATE. IN A MEETING WITH WOMEN AND YOUTH GROUPS IN ILOILO THIS WEEK, SHE STRESSED THE NEED TO BE MORE CAREFUL AND VIGILANT OF DAILY INTERACTIONS THAT COULD CONSTITUTE SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
The Sexual Harassment Law (RA-7877), enacted in 1995, provides a comprehensive policy and legal framework that PENALIZES perpetrators of said crime. Since its enactment, there […]
MANILA, PHILIPPINES– BEFORE MEMBERS OF THE MAKATI BUSINESS CLUB, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA REAFFIRMED HER COMMITMENT TO THE COUNTRY’S TRADE, AGRICULTURE, HEALTH AND EDUCATION SECTORS, SAYING THAT THESE ADVOCACIES ARE CONSISTENT WITH RUNNING MATE MANNY VILLAR’S PLATFORM OF GOVERNANCE.
Loren said, “We both believe in the same solutions to the problems hounding our country, and we have the same commitment to poverty alleviation, improving health and education, creating more jobs, pushing for more trade and investment, and mitigating the threats of […]
MANILA, PHILIPPINES–SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA, CHAIRPERSON OF SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD, INSTRUCTS THE CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES ON AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES MODERNIZATION (COCAFM) TO CHECK THE PLIGHT OF FARMERS AND FISHERFOLK AMIDST EL NINO AND RISING PRICES OF COMMODITIES.
“These days people are very busy campaigning and I want to be sure whether the needs of the farmers and fisherfolk are attended to because we cannot allow the producers of our food to go hungry. What […]
