AS FOREIGN AND PRIVATE SECTOR ASSISTANCE CONTINUE TO POUR IN FOR TROPICAL STORM SENDONG VICTIMS, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT, PARTICULARLY THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (NDRRMC), TO ENSURE THAT RESOURCES BENEFIT TARGETED VICTIM COMMUNITIES IN AFFECTED AREAS.
“Strict monitoring and transparent accounting of aid should be undertaken to avoid misallocation and misuse of resources. The NDRRMC should efficiently coordinate relief efforts of various donors and manage resources that have been pouring in. Effective administration […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY URGED PRESIDENT AQUINO TO ALLOCATE SUFFICIENT RESOURCES FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION (DRR) AS SHE ENCOURAGED THE GOVERNMENT TO FULLY IMPLEMENT AN INTERNATIONAL ACTION PLAN THAT PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK TO EFFECTIVELY REDUCE RISKS TO DISASTERS.
Legarda, the UN Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation for Asia Pacific, is referring to the Hyogo Framework for Action or HFA, a ten-year blueprint for reducing risks to disasters worldwide that was adopted by 168 Member States of […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY ENCOURAGED LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO START MAKING THEIR COMMUNITIES DISASTER RESILIENT AND ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE OUT OF HARM’S WAY.
“Witnessing the grim scenario caused by Tropical Storm Sendong, particularly in the cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro in Region 10, we can no longer ignore the pressing need to make the whole country prepared in times of calamities, which means each and every barangay must be able to withstand the impact of worsening disasters […]
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SENATOR 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 […]
