MANILA, PHILIPPINES – SEN. LOREN LEGARDA HAS FILED A RESOLUTION ASKING THE SENATE TO INVESTIGATE THE REPORTED GROWING BUSINESS OF “SEX TOURISM” IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE COUNTRY, FOLLOWING A REPORT BY A FOREIGN NETWORK.
Legarda, who chairs the Senate committee on youth, women and family relations, said she wants to know whether the government is doing enough to address the exploitation and prostitution of minors.
She said sex tourism has been thriving because of laxity in the implementation of […]
SEN. LOREN LEGARDA HAS FILED A RESOLUTION IN THE SENATE ASKING IT TO INVESTIGATE THE REPORTED GROWING BUSINESS OF “SEX TOURISM” IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE COUNTRY.
Legarda, chairman of the Senate committee on youth, women and family relations, wants to know whether government is doing enough to address the issue of exploitation and prostitution of minors.
She said she observed that “sex tourism” in the country has been thriving because of the lax implementation of laws against child trafficking […]
TO AVERT A FOOD PRODUCTION CRISIS RESULTING FROM THE EL NIÑO WEATHER PHENOMENON, SEN. LOREN LEGARDA TODAY FILED A SENATE RESOLUTION FOR AN URGENT INQUIRY INTO THE POLICIES OF THE GOVERNMENT TO COUNTER EL NIÑO AND ENSURE FOOD SECURITY.
Loren, chair of the Senate committee on food and agriculture, filed the resolution as the weather bureau has announced that the El Niño phenomenon or prolonged drought has already hit the Philippines and may last for six months until May.
The […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA FILED A RESOLUTION FOR AN URGENT INQUIRY INTO THE POLICIES OF THE GOVERNMENT TO COUNTER EL NIÑO AND ENSURE FOOD SECURITY.
Legarda, chair of the Senate committee on food and agriculture, filed the resolution as the weather bureau has announced that the El Niño phenomenon or prolonged drought has already hit the Philippines and may last for six months until May.
The Department of Agriculture has also warned that the prolonged drought would drastically cut down the […]
SEN. LOREN LEGARDA YESTERDAY URGED THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS TO EXTEND THE REGISTRATION OF FILIPINO VOTERS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES “SO AS TO EXTEND TO THEM THE PRIMARY RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE.”
There are an estimated eight to ten million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and emigrants, including dual citizens, abroad. Under Philippine election laws, they are all entitled to vote.
“The right to vote is the primary right of every Filipino citizen or dual citizen,” Loren said. “It is the duty of […]
