Senator Loren Legarda today said that the nation should develop a culture of safety and preparedness to help prevent natural hazards from turning into disasters.
Legarda made the statement as she commended the efforts of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), the local government units (LGUs), and all the organizations, institutions, businesses, and individuals that joined the metro-wide earthquake drill yesterday (July 30). The drill was a simulation of conditions that can occur if a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hits Metro Manila.
FOLLOWING the Metro Manila-wide earthquake drill on Thursday, Senator Loren Legarda urged her colleagues to pass a measure seeking to require monthly emergency drills, particularly in education and health care institutions.
“The regular conduct of fire and earthquake drills would effectively instill disaster preparedness in our citizens. School and health facilities, aside from being shelter for the vulnerable – children, sick and elderly – are critical public infrastructures, especially in times of disaster when victims need emergency refuge, services and medical […]
Senator Loren Legarda invites everyone to visit the National Museum to view and observe the Mat and Basket Weaving Demonstrations featuring weavers from the MIMAROPA Region.
For this weekend, August 1 and 2, 2015, weavers from Palawan will demonstrate mat and basket weaving at the Reception Room, 4th Floor, National Museum of Anthropology (formerly Museum of the Filipino People), Old Finance Building, Rizal Park, Manila. Weaving demonstration is at 11:00 am to 12:00 nn and 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
This […]
ILOILO CITY, Philippines — Households belonging to Indigenous People or Ips, who are living in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDA) could now avail themselves of the National Health Insurance Program benefits from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation.
These IPs are covered by the modified conditional cash transfer, or the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development-6.
The MCCT program was designed to reach out to families who are poor and more vulnerable and disadvantaged but […]
The Senate on Wednesday approved on third and final reading a bill that will strengthen the conservation of 97 protected areas in the country.
Sen. Loren Legarda hailed the passage of the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 2015 (Enipas), of which she was the principal sponsor in 2013.
“We are a step closer to the finish line. Through this measure, local communities and stakeholders will be able to do more to participate in the management and protection of […]
