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 […]
Pinaalalahanan ngayon ni Senador Loren Legarda ang publiko sa mga paraan upang paghandaan ang bagyo dahil na rin sa mas dumaraming lugar na naaapektuhan ng Bagyong Ruby.
Ayon kay Legarda dapat ay regular ang pag-monitor ng mga balita, weather advisories at anunsyo tungkol sa paglikas lalo na ng mga nakatira sa lugar na nasa ilalim na ng public storm warning signals.
Samantala, dapat ay handa na rin ang mga ahensya ng gobyerno na tumugon sa pangangailangan ng mga komunidad na inaasahang maaapektuhan […]
