Senator Loren Legarda, Senate foreign relations committee chair, today called on the Department of Labor and Employment and the Department of Foreign Affairs to intensify representations with the Saudi government for the immediate repatriation of stranded overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Read MoreBelieving that upgrading the quality of Philippine education is a good investment for the country, Senator Loren Legarda has allocated a large amount of her Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) to the construction and rehabilitation of classrooms and school buildings.
Read MoreSen. Loren Legarda today expressed alarm over the discovery of more than 20,000 pounds of meat from the endangered pangolin in the Chinese vessel that ran aground in Tubbataha and urged the authorities to dig deeper into the matter.
She said the discovery of the banned cargo should prod Philippine Navy and Coast Guard authorities to exercise the highest vigilance as similar illegal activities could be taking place off […]
About 5,000 students of the Isabela State University who are children of farmers are to be the first batch of beneficiaries of Sen. Loren Legarda’s “Pantawid Tuition Program.” Legarda, who has put premium on education, announced her plan for the first batch of student beneficiaries during her visit to the province over the weekend.
Read MoreThe Department of Tourism (DOT) should establish an incentive-based system of best practices for ecotourism development among the country’s resorts and ecotourism destinations to make their service globally competitive and at the same time environment-friendly.
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