April 16, 2021
MANILA, 16 April 2021 — Plant-based nutrition advocates highlighted the benefits of shifting to a plant-based diet, growing your own food, providing help for our farmers, and making ourselves healthy in the midst of climate and health crises during the 41st episode of “Stories for a Better Normal: Pandemic and Climate Pathways,” with the second part of the topic, “Oh My Gulay!”
The online conversation hosted by three-term Senator, now Deputy Speaker and Antique Representative Loren Legarda, featured sustainable food enthusiasts including Cherrie Atilano, Founder and CEO of AGREA Agricultural Systems International; Roni Matalog, Founder of Plants & Purpose; Chef Lilibeth “B” Camposano, Founder of The Sexy Kitchen by B; and Adolf Aguilar, Chief of Youth Formation Division of the Department of Education (DepEd).
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April 16, 2021
MANILA, 16 April 2021— House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda lauded the approval of the Philippines’ first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), which pledges significant cuts to the country’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in pursuit of the goals of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
“We welcome the signing of the NDC, which will drive more ambitious climate action, stronger and more sustainable economic growth, and a green pandemic recovery,” Legarda said.
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April 15, 2021
HR00315
Date Filed: 2019-09-10
Full Title: A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE CREATION OF A STANDING COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Date Read: 2019-09-12
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on RULES since 2019-09-12
https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HR00315.pdf
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April 15, 2021
HJR 9
Date Filed: 2019-08-06
Full Title: JOINT RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE AVAILABILITY OF THE 2019 APPROPRIATIONS FOR MAINTENANCE AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES AND CAPITAL OUTLAYS TO DECEMBER 31, 2020, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 65 OF THE GENERAL PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11260, THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF FISCAL YEAR 2019
Date Read: 2019-08-13
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HJR0009.pdf
Bill Status: Substituted by HJR0019
Mother Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2019-11-04, transmitted to the Senate on 2019-11-05 and received by the Senate on 2019-11-05
https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/third_18/HJR019.pdf
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April 15, 2021
HB 9059
Date Filed: 2021-03-19
Full Title: AN ACT TO ENSURE GENDER RESPONSIVE AND INCLUSIVE PROTOCOLS AND PROGRAMMING TO ADDRESS THE GENDER-DIFFERENTIATED NEEDS OF WOMEN DURING COVID-19 AND OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS, EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS
Primary Referral: WOMEN AND GENDER EQUALITY
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on WOMEN AND GENDER EQUALITY since 2021-03-25
https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB09059.pdf
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