SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT MUST ADVANCE RURAL LIVELIHOOD NOT ONLY AS A WAY TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY BUT ALSO TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
The Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change explained that urban migration has worsened citizens’ exposure to climate change, noting that a study by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) showed that more than 30 million people in Asia and the Pacific were displaced by disasters such as floods and storms […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY FILED P. S. RESOLUTION NO. 627 TO CONGRATULATE AND COMMEND TRISHA CO REYES FOR WINNING THE 20TH UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMM’S GLOBAL PAINTING COMPETITION AT THE TUNZA INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN AND YOUTH CONFERENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENT IN BANDUNG, INDONESIA.
Last September 27, 2011, Trisha Co Reyes, a 13-year-old girl from Tondo, Manila, bagged the top prize at the 20th United Nations Environment Programme’s Global Painting Competition at the Tunza International Children and Youth Conference on the Environment […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA HAILED FATHER FAUSTINO “POPS” TENTORIO’S DEDICATION TO UPHOLD THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (IPS) IN THE COUNTRY AND HONORED HIS WORKS THROUGH A SENATE RESOLUTION.
In filing Senate Resolution No. 628, Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities, conveyed the Senate’s deep sympathies for the death of Father Tentorio, a member of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), and honored him for his selfless dedication to promote and protect the rights of IPs.
“For […]
SEN. LOREN LEGARDA DENOUNCED THE KILLING OF FR. FAUSTO “POPS” TENORIO, AN ITALIAN MISSIONARY, WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE IN THE SERVICE OF THE INDIGENOUS POOR AND THE LESS FORTUNATE FILIPINOS IN MINDANAO.
Fr. Pops, as the local people of Arakan knew him, was a member of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) and had been the champion of indigenous peoples and the poor in Mindanao for thirty-three (33) years, since his coming to the Philippines in 1978. He is […]
IN A BID TO ENSURE THAT PENDING LEGISLATIONS RELATED TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (IPS) WILL EFFECTIVELY RESPOND TO THEIR NEEDS, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA WILL LEAD TODAY A GATHERING OF LEADERS OF VARIOUS INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES (ICCS) IN MINDANAO FOR A CONSULTATION AT THE PROVINCIAL CAPITOL OF DAVAO DEL NORTE IN TAGUM CITY.
Legarda said that she saw the need to bring the inquiry of the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities outside the four halls of the Senate to gather the views […]
