Senators on Wednesday urged the government to reverse its decision allowing the disposal of mixed waste from Canada in Tarlac.
“Toxic or not, this is covered by the Basel Convention. Change your recommendation, alam n’yo kung ano ang nasa puso n’yo. Hanggang ngayon mahiwaga pa rin sa amin kung bakit nagbago ang desisyon nyong ibalik ito sa Canada,” Senator Loren Legarda said during the hearing on the Canada waste.
“Let’s exhaust all means so Canada will take it back,” she added.
The Basel […]
Senator Loren Legarda today said that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) should ensure that the evacuation centers it plans to construct will be built on safe areas and are structurally sound.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, made the statement during the committee hearing for the proposed 2016 budget of DPWH.
According to DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singson, they have identified 190 school sites that are often used as evacuation centers and they are proposing to build evacuation […]
MANILA, Philippines — (UPDATE – 5:53 p.m.) Senator Loren Legarda agreed with environmentalists Wednesday that the only viable solution to the controversy surrounding imported Canadian waste is for the North American country to take it back.
“Taking back their waste is the only option,” Legarda told a hearing of the Senate committee on environment and natural resources on the 103 container vans of Canadian waste that have entered the country since 2013.
Environmental groups trooped to the Senate to attend the hearing […]
Senator Loren Legarda strongly condemned the recent killing of Lumad leaders by alleged paramilitary forces in Lianga, Surigao del Sur and has sought a Senate inquiry on the issue.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities, filed Senate Resolution No. 1575 as she expressed concern over the spate of killings of Lumad leaders and other reports about the harassment of indigenous communities in Mindanao.
“This situation of Lumads being harassed, killed and displaced will turn into a humanitarian crisis, if […]
“Taking back their waste is the only option,” said Senator Loren Legarda today at the hearing of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on the container vans containing household wastes that were shipped from Canada to the Philippines.
“Canada is a signatory to the Basel Convention. As part of their commitment to the Convention, they should take back their waste. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) should maintain their firm […]
