Senator Loren Legarda filed anew the bill creating a national policy that would promote and guarantee students’ rights and welfare.
Legarda said that the proposed Students’ Rights and Welfare Act aims to bring out and enhance the full potential of the country’s young citizens by protecting the rights of students who are “important components of our society not only because of their potential role as leaders of the country, but also because of their role as catalysts for development and effective […]
AN ACT CREATING A SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE AND FREEPORT IN SOUTHERN PALAWAN, CREATING FOR THIS PURPOSE THE SOUTHERN PALAWAN ECOZONE AND FREEPORT AUTHORITY, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Scope: National
Legislative status: Pending in the Committee (8/7/2013)
http://senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=16&q=SBN-674
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SBN-674 (as filed)
Senator Loren Legarda today said that Filipino teachers should receive remuneration and benefits commensurate to the demands of their job.
Legarda filed anew the proposed amendments to the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers stressing that public school teachers are among the lowest paid government workers considering the nature and importance of the services they render.
“Aside from educating our children, teachers are constantly called to assist in various civic activities which contribute to the welfare of the community and the country, […]
MANILA, Philippines – As a child who grew up in flood-prone Malabon, Senator Loren Legarda was exposed early to the importance of taking care of the environment. “Our compound in Malabon has many fruit-bearing trees,” she says, “and these were not only fun to climb, but also made it possible for us to go out and play in clean floodwaters.”
Through the years, she saw “how pollution has worsened the flooding, dirtying our floodwaters to the point of disrupting the lives […]
Senator Loren Legarda today said that policies on improved management of the country’s natural resources, particularly land and water, are needed now to prevent degradation and ensure sustainable development.
Legarda said that “due to the presence of different stakeholders in the use of land and the lack of a national land use policy framework, the use of land in the country remains chaotic and breeds environmental degradation.”
Meanwhile, 50 of the 421 principal river basins in the country are already considered biologically […]
