MANILA, PHILIPPINES – SEN. LOREN LEGARDA DEFENDED HERSELF YESTERDAY OVER CRITICISMS THAT SHE IS A POLITICAL TURNCOAT FOR SHIFTING LOYALTIES FROM ONE POLITICAL PARTY TO ANOTHER.
Legarda took a potshot at her rival, Sen. Manuel Roxas II, whom she said initially became a Cabinet secretary under former President Joseph Estrada, later on under the Arroyo administration, then joined calls for President Arroyo to resign.
Apparently irked by insinuations from her detractors that she is a political turncoat, Legarda explained she […]
SEN. LOREN LEGARDA YESTERDAY WARNED AGAINST “MIDNIGHT FIRE SALES” BY THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES AMOUNTING TO BILLIONS OF PESOS.
Loren said that the Arroyo administration should stop efforts to sell prime government assets, such as the Food Terminal Inc., “to avoid suspicions that these transactions could be midnight fire sales at giveaway prices and made to support dubious political purposes.”
Loren issued the warning after Finance Secretary Margarito Teves announced that the government was targeting to sell three “big […]
AFTER THE MANILA WATER CO. WARNED RECENTLY THAT WATER LEVELS HAVE DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE ANGAT DAM WITH THE EL NINO PHENOMENON SHOWING EARLY SIGNS, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA CALLED ON THE DENR AND THE DA TO INTENSIFY EFFORTS FOR THE REHABILITATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION OF WATERSHEDS.
“Government must now pursue urgent measures, including comprehensive watershed management, enhancement of irrigation efficiency, introduction of low water use crops and efficient farming practices, recycling of water and improvement of monitoring and forecasting systems […]
SEN. LOREN LEGARDA TODAY LAUDED CEBU’S TOURISM PROGRAM AS ONE THAT SHOULD BE EMULATED BY OTHER REGIONS AND PROVINCES IN THE COUNTRY TO STIMULATE TOURISM AS A MEANS FOR RAISING LOCAL INCOMES AND ATTRACTING INVESTMENTS.
Loren made the observation while participating in the Suroy Suroy Sugbu, consisting of a tour of Cebu’s historical, cultural and natural attraction sites of interest to domestic and foreign tourists.
Loren said that the tour, led by Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia, was “very educational, culturally […]
CEBU CITY- FOR A FESTIVAL CREATED TO RIVAL OTHER FESTIVALS AROUND THE COUNTRY, THE SINULOG FESTIVAL HAS COME A LONG WAY THIS YEAR AS IT ATTRACTED UP TO 8 MILLION PEOPLE ON SUNDAY, ACCORDING TO POLICE.
Police made the crowd estimate, saying the figure included the number of people who were on the parade route, spectators inside the Cebu City Sports Center grandstand and the Basilica del Sto. Niño Pilgrim Center.
“It was record-breaking,” said Vice Mayor Michael Rama, Sinulog […]
