Speech of Senator Loren Legarda*
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Philippines 2015
9th Senior Disaster Management Officials Forum
22 September 2015 | Iloilo City, Philippines
*(Delivered by Commissioner Emmanuel de Guzman, Climate Change Commission)
It is my distinct honor and pleasure to speak before senior disaster management officials of the Asia-Pacific economies.
Foremost, we express our solidarity with the nation of Chile and commiserate with those who lost their loved ones in the recent 8.3 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit the country. But we also admire […]
The Senate climate change committee has pressed the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to develop a major marine conservation program, particularly on coral restoration since only five percent of corals in the country are still in ideal condition.
Sen. Loren Legarda, committee chairman, said the program, like the DENR’s successful National Greening Program (NGP), should be launched as soon as possible since coral reefs are the food basket fish.
Under the DENR’s NGP, it would take about 20 years to […]
Senator Loren, am at a conference in Singapore on urbanization and sustainable development. Just want to let you know that everything these world leaders are talking about, I already learned from you ages ago. You are really ahead of your time.
— Joy Belmonte, Vice Mayor of Quezon City
During the recent Senate hearing for the budget of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, emphasized the need to institutionalize Schools of Living Traditions (SLTs) which preserves the nation’s cultural heritage by ensuring its transmission to the next generations.
Legarda said that the NCCA should work with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to create culture-based vocational courses as part of efforts to support indigenous peoples (IPs) […]
Senator Loren Legarda said that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) should develop a major marine conservation program, particularly on coral restoration, like the National Greening Program (NGP).
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, made the statement during the recent Senate hearing for the DENR’s proposed 2016 budget.
“I have always espoused for the protection of our forests. But in terms of ecosystems, it looks like we do not give as much attention and resources to our marine […]
