Sen.Loren Legarda urged all Filipinos on Tuesday to be “environmental heroes” just like national hero Dr. Jose Rizal who had a special commitment to environmental care and management.
She made the call as the 119th death anniversary of Rizal will be commemorated on Wednesday, December 30.
Read More“SHE had the gravitas not many people have. Sometimes she is also childlike.”
This was how Senator Loren Legarda remembered the editor in chief of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc, who passed away on Christmas Eve.
Read MoreSenator Loren Legarda expressed her condolences to the family of Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc, who passed away on December 24, saying that her passing “leaves a void and tugs at the heart.”
“Letty’s work ethic is remarkable and her nose for news is a gift. She had the gravitas not many people have. Sometimes she is also childlike,” said Legarda of the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s longest-serving editor-in-chief.
Read MoreSenator Loren Legarda today said that President Benigno Aquino III has signed the 2016 national budget worth Php3.002 Trillion.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, said that she is proud of the work they have done for this budget which will be an instrument to building a resilient, sustainable and inclusive economy.
Read MoreSenator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, today said that the proposed 2016 national budget includes provisions that promote green school buildings.
Legarda has introduced special provisions under the budget of the Department of Education (DepEd) that require the establishment of vegetable gardens, rainwater collection systems, and materials recovery facilities (MRF) in public schools.
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