PEACE OF MIND AMID THE TURMOIL, TRUE AND GENUINE HAPPINESS, BLESSINGS FOR THE BODY AND SOUL, A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR ALL. THAT IS MY WISH FOR YOU THIS CHRISTMAS AND ALWAYS. THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF MY BLESSED CHRISTMAS.
Read MoreSENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE THE SAFE REPATRIATION OF ALL FILIPINOS IN SYRIA AS SHE ASKED FILIPINOS IN THAT COUNTRY TO COOPERATE WITH OFFICIALS.
The Chair of theSenate Committee on Foreign Relations made the statement after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) raised the crisis alert level in Syria to level 4.
“While the DFA and the Philippine Embassy in Damascus have already laid out their plans for there patriation and other necessary assistance to […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY STRESSED THE VULNERABILITY OF CHILDREN TO CLIMATE CHANGE, PARTICULARLY WHEN NATURAL HAZARDS STRIKE, NOTING THAT MORE THAN 40,000 CHILDREN WERE AFFECTED BY TROPICAL STORM SENDONG (WASHI) THAT HIT NORTHERN AND WESTERN MINDANAO LAST WEEK.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, said that while the number of children among casualties and missing persons remains unknown, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that Tropical Storm Sendong affected around 43,000 children-14,000 of which are now […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY REITERATED HER CALL TO THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO FULLY IMPLEMENT TWO IMPORTANT LAWS – THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT (NDRRM) ACT AND THE CLIMATE CHANGE LAW IN ORDER TO PREVENT HAZARDS FROM TURNING INTO DISASTERS.
“The NDRRMC Act defines the necessity of having disaster risk reduction plan not only in the national, but also in the local government levels.”
“We have a Climate Change Law that caused the organization of the Climate Change Commission […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY RENEWED HER CALL TO THE GOVERNMENT TO PRIORITIZE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION STRESSING THAT IT HAS BECOME A NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERN.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, said that the magnitude of the disaster brought by Tropical Storm Sendong is very disturbing with more than 900 persons feared to have been killed by disastrous flash floods and landslides. It has also affected 63,079 families in 260 barangays in the 13 provinces of Regions VI, […]
