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Loren to PNoy: Launch the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan Now

December 19, 2011

FOLLOWING THE DEVASTATION BROUGHT BY TYPHOON SENDONG, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY CALLED ON PRESIDENT BENIGNO AQUINO III TO IMMEDIATELY LAUNCH THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN (NDRRMP).
Legarda, the UNISDR Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Asia Pacific, said that “under Republic Act 10121 or the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act, a comprehensive NDRRMP should be developed and implemented.”
“With the more destructive disasters that have come before us, it is high time […]

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Legarda Alarmed over Typhoon Sendong Death Toll; Renews Call for Improved Flood Mitigation Measures

December 18, 2011

SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY RENEWED HER CALL FOR HEIGHTENED FLOOD DISASTER PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT IN ALL COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AS SHE EXPRESSED ALARM OVER TYPHOON SENDONG DEATH TOLL.
As of the 5:00am Sunday report of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, there were already 327 confirmed deaths, mostly due to flashfloods in Cagayan de Oro City and Iligan City. The same report stated that there is massive flooding over Region 10.
“We deeply commiserate with the […]

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Legarda Wants Senate Inquiry on Reported Excessive Meat Importation

December 15, 2011

SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA HAS CALLED FOR AN INQUIRY ON THE ALLEGED OVER-IMPORTATION OF MEAT PRODUCTS, WHICH COULD HAVE DRASTIC EFFECTS TO THE LOCAL MEAT INDUSTRY.
Legarda expressed deep concern over reports about the significant increase in the volume of meat being brought into the country that has pushed down prices and is posing a serious threat to the local pork, poultry and feeds industries.
The Senator noted that pork importation increased dramatically in the previous years, from 65 million kilograms […]

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Legarda Denies Proposing Bill Limiting Benefits of PNP and AFP Personnel

December 14, 2011

SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY REFUTED CLAIMS REGARDING HER AUTHORSHIP OF A BILL THAT LIMITS PRIVILEGES PROVIDED FOR THE PERSONNEL OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP) AND THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP).
“I have never authored and will never think of proposing a bill that would deny our police and military personnel of the benefits and privileges due to them. Even if they search the whole archives of the Senate, no such measure was filed by me,” Legarda stressed.
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“Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT)”

December 13, 2011

I have the honor to seek approval of Senate Resolution No. 664, entitled “Resolution Concurring in the Accession to the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment” prepared and submitted by the Committee on Foreign Relations on 12 December 2011 per its Committee Report No. 92.
Torture is a violation of human rights and human dignity. Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that ‘No one shall be […]

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