AN ACT SAFEGUARDING THE TRADITIONAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Scope: National
Legislative status: Pending in the Committee (8/3/2016)
http://senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=17&q=SBN-379
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SBN-379 as Filed
Senator Loren Legarda has filed a bill seeking to promote energy conservation by providing fiscal and non-fiscal incentives to private firms implementing energy-saving practices and by requiring manufacturers and dealers to comply with the energy efficiency rating of the Department of Energy (DOE).
Read MoreSenator Loren Legarda expressed her condolences to the family of Former Senator Helena Z. Benitez who passed away on July 14.
“I extend my sympathies to the family of Dr. Helena Benitez. We mourn her passing, but at the same time, we express our utmost gratitude to her for the very meaningful life she had lived and her contribution to the nation,” said Legarda.
Read MoreTo sustain the gains of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), Senator Loren Legarda filed a bill seeking to institutionalize and expand the reach of the program to reduce chronic poverty and promote human capital development in the country.
“The number of household-beneficiaries covered by the 4Ps has risen to around 4.4 million from only 360,000 beneficiaries when it was first implemented in 2008,” Legarda said. However, she noted that while the cash grants provided under the 4Ps may provide immediate social assistance, the program must be viewed as a long-term social development program to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty among the chronically poor families through improvements in their education, health, nutrition and poverty outcomes.
Read MoreSenator Loren Legarda welcomed the decision of the International Tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) favoring the Philippines on the West Philippine Sea issue.
“I congratulate the legal team of our country for preparing a very well researched case with the International Tribunal of the PCA. I welcome the impartial, authoritative decisions rendered by the Tribunal and can only hope that these will serve as guideposts for the parties in this dispute,” said Legarda.
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