SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA EXPRESSED EXTREME ALARM OVER REPORTS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKERS PROWLING MINDANAO’S DEVASTATED COMMUNITIES IN THE WAKE OF TYPHOON PABLO, AND URGED LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS ALIKE TO REMAIN VIGILANT.
“I have always emphasized that disasters are linked inextricably to poverty and socio-economic inequality. It is important to realize that the changing climate will have its worst effects on the poorest of the poor, and nowhere is this clearer than in these reports of human traffickers prowling Compostela […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY WELCOMED MUSÉE DU QUAI BRANLY PRESIDENT STÉPHANE MARTIN, AND MS. CONSTANCE DE MONBRISON, CURATOR AT THE MUSÉE DU QUAI BRANLY, WHO ARE IN THE COUNTRY FOR THE 2013 PHILIPPINE EXHIBITION AT THE PARIS, FRANCE MUSEUM.
Mr. President,
For centuries, Filipino and Chinese communities have had extensive ties that date back to the time of Jose Rizal and General Vicente Lim. While our relationship then was primarily built on trade and commerce, it has gradually evolved so as to encompass the economic, and socio-cultural history of the Philippines.
At present, the ethnic Chinese and the Filipinos with Chinese ancestry, which make up about 23.3% of our country’s total population, have continuously played a crucial role in […]
Mr. President,
PH-France Protocol
Background
While globalization brought about an increase in international trade, it also posed greater challenges to the effective enforcement of tax laws. Consequently, the role of international cooperation, as carried out through each country’s implementation of international standards of transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes, has become more and more critical.[1]
These international standards set the need to exchange pertinent information required for the enforcement of the domestic laws of a requesting party. Said […]
Senate of the Philippines;For centuries, Filipino and Chinese communities have had extensive ties that date back to the time of Jose Rizal and General Vicente Lim. While our relationship then was primarily built on trade and commerce, it has gradually evolved so as to encompass the economic, and socio-cultural history of the Philippines.
