MANILA – The magnitude 7.2 earthquake that devastated parts of the Visayas on Tuesday should serve as a warning for Metro Manila and nearby provinces threatened by the Marikina Valley Fault, Senator Loren Legarda said Tuesday.
Legarda, in a press statement, cited a prediction from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on the impending movement of the Marikina fault line.
“The Marikina Valley Fault Line is ripe for movement but no one can predict the exact time when it will […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA
Privilege Speech
International Day for Disaster Reduction 2013
Senate Session Hall
14 October 2013
Mr. President,
As our nation strives for equitable socio-economic development amid many recurring calamities, it is essential that we preserve our development gains through disaster risk reduction.
My advocacies through the years have been founded on this — to protect the environment, to reduce disaster risk, and to adapt to climate change towards a more resilient Philippines.
However, with the unabated rise in disaster losses, about 18-fold increase in economic losses […]
Senator Loren Legarda today called for the inclusion of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the country’s disaster risk reduction programs.
In a privilege speech, Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, said that, “We must continue to know more about the needs of persons living with disabilities. We must know more about their challenges and about their abilities to cope and to take part in disaster risk reduction efforts.”
The Senator said that the 2013 International Day for Disaster Reduction, […]
Senator Loren Legarda today highlighted the country’s best environmental practices among hospitals as she expressed support to the Global Green and Healthy Hospitals (GGHH) Initiative promoted by Mr. Gary Cohen, the U.S. White House Champion of Change for Climate and Health.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, said that several hospitals in the country are undertaking safe and green practices that should be emulated by other hospitals and health care facilities.
In celebration of the 2013 International Day for Disaster Reduction, Senator Loren Legarda today announced the start of the search for the Philippines’ disaster-resilient communities.
Legarda, the United Nations Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation for Asia-Pacific, said that the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the Senate Committee on Climate Change, together with the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), are now accepting entries for the first Philippine Resilience Awards.
