Keynote Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction Reporting in Journalism Education Curriculum in ASEAN Countries
9 December 2014 – Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria
Disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) do not fall under the exclusive domain of government. It is a shared responsibility of government, communities, businesses, individuals and the media. How many lives and properties we save is ultimately defined by the amount of meaningful effort and resources we put together into building resilience in our […]
SENATOR Loren Legarda urged the government Tuesday to consider including disaster risk reduction (DRR) reporting in Journalism education curriculum.
Legarda said the inclusion of the course description in the curriculum of Journalism students, who will become future journalists, would allow them to assimilate every detail about climate change phenomenon.
“DRR and CCA (climate change adaptation) are issues that every journalist must understand. The responsibility of a journalist to deliver timely and relevant information to the public does not happen only when there […]
Senator Loren Legarda today expressed jubilation over the inclusion of the Historic City of Vigan in the New7Wonders Cities.
“I am happy that Vigan made it to the New7Wonders Cities. I congratulate the city government of Vigan, led by Mayor Eva Singson Medina, for its efforts and intensive campaign to make this possible,” said Legarda, who also actively campaigned for the city’s bid.
Aside from Vigan, the other winning cities are Beirut in Lebanon, Doha in Qatar, Durban in South Africa, Havana […]
Alas, it is a shame that most of our political leaders, unlike Thailand’s King and Queen, have little or no interest not just in folk arts but in our cultural development itself. The exceptions in the political leadership are few; in recent times, there are only Senators Letty Shahani, Edgardo J. Angara, Loren Legarda.
— F. Sionil Jose, PhilStar
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Loren Legarda, who probably “lost (her) voice singing the same tune” about environmental disasters for over a decade now, said every barangay should have officials going around to inform their constituents about the effects of the oncoming typhoon and the corresponding measures every family should undertake. “Are we expecting a storm surge? Then we should warn our communities of the expected height of the waves and how far inland the flooding would reach,” she said, adding that this would ensure […]
