SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA HAS CALLED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE TO ADDRESS BOTH FOOD INSECURITY AND MALNUTRITION AMONG SCHOOLCHILDREN.
Legarda made the call following the Department of Health’s appeal to schoolchildren to avoid junk food and other food items that contain ingredients such as Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), which may be dangerous to health.
The Senator explained that aside from urging parents to have their children bring nutritious snacks to school, the government […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA HAILED THE PASSAGE IN CONGRESS OF THE MEASURE THAT WILL ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE FREE VACCINATION SERVICES TO INFANTS AND CHILDREN.
Legarda, co-author of the “Mandatory Infant and Children Health Immunization Act of 2011”, said that the measure is a few steps away from becoming a law after the Senate Committee on Health and Demography recently submitted the Bicameral Conference Committee report on the disagreeing provisions of the Senate and House versions of the […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY CALLED ON FILIPINOS TO HIGHLIGHT AND HONOR ANOTHER FACET IN THE LIFE OF THE COUNTRY’S NATIONAL HERO – THAT OF BEING A HERO OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change and a staunch environmentalist, said that Dr. Jose Rizal also underscored the importance of caring for the environment through his actions, which Filipinos must recognize and aim to follow.
“Most of us know Dr. Jose Rizal as the highly-educated hero who […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA PUSHED FOR THE INCLUSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS COURSES IN ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE AWARE OF THEIR RIGHTS AND TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE.
“In a time when our society constantly experiences extra-judicial killings, discrimination based on ethnicity and gender, enforced disappearances, hunger, internal displacement due to armed conflict, sexual abuse, among others, it is a fact of life that many of our […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA WELCOMED THE LAUNCHING OF THE NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM (NREP), CITING THE CRUCIAL ROLE PLAYED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY DURING THE POWER CRISIS IN THE 1990S.
“It is about time we take a consistent and deliberate effort to develop our own energy resources in ways that we can guarantee to future generations of Filipinos a legacy of clean, reliable, and affordable energy,” Legarda said.
The Senator noted that geothermal energy and hydropower helped augment the country’s power requirements […]
