In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day this April 22, Deputy Speaker and Lone District of Antique Representative Loren Legarda called for stronger climate action, encouraging people to join the online climate movement amidst the pandemic created by the Coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
“The phenomenon of climate change is so complex and overreaching in its impacts that we should now begin calling it the ‘climate crisis’,” Legarda said.
This year’s theme, climate action, reflects the unprecedented impacts of climate change as […]
Deputy Speaker and Antique Lone District Representative Loren Legarda encourages Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to avail of the I-RESCUE (Interim Rehabilitation Support to Cushion Unfavorably-affected Enterprises by Covid-19), a new lending program launched by LANDBANK in support of RA 11649 or the “Bayanihan to Heal as One Act.”
As principal sponsor and co-author of the Magna Carta for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Legarda assures that MSMEs will be given assistance to cushion the impact on businesses during this […]
Deputy Speaker and Antique Representative Loren Legarda today urged national law enforcement units and local government officials to strictly implement laws on Philippine wildlife protection and conservation amid the escalating threats of biodiversity loss and the global pandemic due to zoonotic diseases and climate change.
Citing the 2019 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services released by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (IPBES), Legarda said that without intervention from governments all over the world to halt […]
Deputy Speaker and Antique Congresswoman Loren Legarda today urged the general public to be more conscious of their individual and household carbon footprint, as the government continues to plea for everyone to stay at home during this Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) period due to the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Legarda said that “carbon footprint” measures the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that an individual or entity produces from their daily activities and lifestyle, adding that high levels of […]
Today, Deputy Speaker and Lone Representative of Antique Loren Legarda commended the courage of frontliners, as the entire nation celebrates Araw ng Kagitingan.
“We are all now facing an invisible enemy, which our frontliners are valiantly facing everyday. They are like our warriors during these times. They are our doctors, our nurses, all health workers and the ones who care for our COVID-19 patients. They are the staff at the supermarket who make sure that we are able to have our […]
