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Loren aims to empower single parents

MANILA – A bill proposes to exempt single parents from paying personal income tax and provide them discount on all infant and nursery products.

Known as Senate Bill No. (SBN) 243, the measure authored by Sen. Loren Legarda aims to help these individuals cope with financial stress.

Loren: PH can progress under Paris pact

THE PHILIPPINES does not have to turn its back on the Paris Agreement on Climate Change in order to pursue development if it considers a transition to a low carbon economy through the use of clean energy sources, Sen. Loren Legarda said on Monday.

Legarda: PH Dev’t Possible Even with Low Carbon Economy

Senator Loren Legarda today said that the country’s development can still be at full speed even as it keeps its commitments under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

Legarda, UNISDR Global Champion for Resilience, said the government should consider a long-term transition to a low carbon economy but maintained that industrialized nations have greater responsibility to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

PH industrialization possible under Paris Accord — senator

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines does not have to turn its back on the Paris Agreement on Climate Change to pursue development, Sen. Loren Legarda said Monday.

Legarda was responding to President Duterte’s earlier statement that he would not honor the pact, a treaty for which the previous administration vigorously campaigned, as it might inhibit the country’s progress.

Legarda Seeks to Expand Solo Parents Law

Senator Loren Legarda has proposed amendments to Republic Act No. 8972, or the Solo Parents Welfare Act, aimed at reducing financial burden carried by solo parents.

In filing Senate Bill No. 243, Legarda acknowledges the fact that even with the privileges provided for solo parents under the current law, additional support is needed by solo parents in the face of economic turmoil characterized by skyrocketing prices, poverty and massive unemployment.