Privilege Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
“Living Green Today for a Healthier and Safer Tomorrow”
8 June 2015 | Senate Session Hall
“The day would not be too far when all else would be lost not only for the present generation, but also for those to come—generations which stand to inherit nothing but parched earth incapable of sustaining life.”[1]
Mr. President,
I have just quoted the Philippine Supreme Court in its landmark decision 22 years ago that upheld the concept of […]
RESOLUTION HONORING FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE LETICIA RAMOS SHAHANI WHO CONTINUES TO SERVE THE NATION AND THE FILIPINO PEOPLE WITH UTMOST DEDICATION AND EXCELLENCE, RECOGNIZING HER REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTION AS LEGISLATOR, DIPLOMAT, EDUCATOR, WOMEN’S RIGHTS ADVOCATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY LEADER
Scope: National
Legislative status: Adopted (6/10/2015)
http://senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=16&q=SRN-1396
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SRN-1396 (as filed)
Taklub is the kind of movie that you need a few moments to recover at the end of the film. It will leave an impact on the viewer. And yes, it is something that enriches one’s soul.
— Ellen T. Tordesillas, Vera Files
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Senator Loren Legarda today renewed her call for humanity to uphold the concept of inter-generational responsibility—the responsibility of every generation to ensure that succeeding generations will continue to enjoy a balanced and healthful ecology.
Legarda, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, echoed United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s call on World Environment Day (June 5) to “increase the quality of life for all people without increasing environmental degradation, and without compromising the resource needs of future generations.”
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“There are a lot of lessons to be learned in the tragedy that was caused by Supertyphoon Yolanda and that is what we want to impart through this film. We hope that more people would be aware of the need to strengthen our resilience to disasters,” said Senator Loren Legarda as she welcomed guests to the Philippine premiere of ‘Taklub’, which was shown as the opening film of the 20th French Film Festival on June 3, 2015.
