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 […]
Senator Loren Legarda encouraged everyone to continue to do their part in helping heal the ozone layer as the world marks today the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.
This year’s theme, 30 Years of Healing the Ozone Together, is in line with the 30th anniversary of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer.
According to the United Nations, the phaseout of controlled uses of ozone depleting substances and related reductions have helped protect the ozone layer […]
SAN JOSE, Antique – The rice terraces in Antique should be protected.
It should further elicit respect for nature and for Antique’s cultural heritage, said Sen. Loren Legarda who traces her roots in Antique.
Antique’s 600-hectare rice terraces can be found in wide mountain slopes of Barangay General Fullon in San Remigio.
The rice paddies are said to be 200 years old and maintained by the Iraynon-Bukidnon, an indigenous group.
“The merging of our people’s ingenuity and nature, as exemplified by these rice paddies, […]
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) on Tuesday was told it must find good lawyers to help protect the country’s cultural structures.
“I think you should beef up your legal department… because there’s so much destruction to our cultural, national heritage,” Senator Loren Legarda told NCCA chairman Felipe de Leon at the Senate subcommittee hearing for cultural agencies’ budgets.
“All of these destroyers and terminators are wealthy people, important people in high places with the best legal teams. They’ll […]
MANILA – The killings in lumad communities attributed to the so-called Mahagat-Bagani militia groups for the reasons of the victims being alleged sympathizers of the rebel New People’s Army (NPA) or advocates of responsible mining does not justify their deaths, Senator Loren Legarda said on Monday.
In her interpellation after the privilege speech of Senator Teofisto Guingona III lambasting the anarchy in Barangay Diatangon, Lianga town in Surigao del Sur, Legarda said that the paramilitary groups were created apparently to protect […]
