Senator Loren Legarda today welcomed the news that the US Government has already paid the Philippine Government the full amount of Php87,033,570.71 as compensation for the damage caused by the USS Guardian when it ran aground on Tubbataha Reef.
“It is great news that the US government has finally given full compensation for the damages to the Tubbataha Reef Natural Park, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. I am also happy that they will be providing assistance to the Philippine […]
Senator Loren Legarda’s Opening Message
“Is Low Carbon Economy Our Future?”
A Round Table Discussion
18 February 2015 – Philippine Senate
The Philippine Senate is honored to partner today with the British Embassy and the Chevening Alumni Foundation for another opportunity to discuss a policy matter that recognizes the urgency of addressing the climate crisis: the transition to a low-carbon economy.
We are pleased to welcome Mr. Matt Nottingham of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office who has flown in from London to present […]
There is, in the ethnographic section of the National Museum, a piece of cloth woven from abaca and bearing a design and patterns using natural dyes. Recovered from a wooden coffin inside a disturbed cave in the island of Banton off the coast of Romblon, the deteriorated length of cloth is believed to have been used as a death shroud. Along with other pieces of ceramics, glass beads, combs and bracelets found in the same coffin, the cloth has been […]
RESOLUTION URGING THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO LEAD THE NATIONAL OBSERVANCE OF WORLD RADIO DAY EVERY THIRTEENTH (13TH) DAY OF FEBRUARY IN RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF RADIO AS A MEDIUM OF FREE EXPRESSION
Scope: National
Legislative status: Pending in the Committee (2/18/2015)
http://senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=16&q=SRN-1181
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SRN-1181 (as filed)
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Loren Legarda, head of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, on Sunday urged her colleagues to ensure the speedy passage of the bill that seeks to provide a unified legal framework to ensure a rational, holistic, and just allocation, use, and management of the country’s land resources.
In a statement, Legarda emphasized that the National Land Use Bill is necessary in the country’s disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation efforts as it recognizes the […]
