SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA HAS PUSHED FOR AN INQUIRY ON THE CONDITIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2011 AND 2012 CALAMITY FUND ON PRE-DISASTER ACTIVITIES, STRESSING THAT SUCH POLICY VIOLATES REPUBLIC ACT 10121 OR THE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT (DRRM) ACT.
“Under the DRRM Act, the present calamity fund appropriated under the annual General Appropriations Act shall be known as the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (NDRRM) Fund and it shall be used for disaster risk reduction such as training of […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY SAID SHE IS ON A LEAVE OF ABSENCE AND WILL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE WEEK’S PLENARY SESSION AND IMPEACHMENT TRIAL AS SHE IS STILL IN THE UNITED STATES ATTENDING TO HER “NANAY FELY”, WHO RECENTLY UNDERWENT COLORECTAL SURGERY.
Legarda said that since last year she had already informed Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile that her nanay Felicidad Bagayas has colon cancer and needs to undergo operation. Thus, the Senator requested for a leave of absence […]
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE LAKE LANAO DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, DEFINING ITS POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Scope: National
Legislative status: Pending in the Committee (1/17/2012)
http://www.senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=15&q=SBN-3097
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SBN-3097 (as filed)
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF FINANCIERS OF SMALL-SCALE MINING OPERATIONS IN THE LANDSLIDE THAT OCCURRED IN BARANGAY NAPNAPAN, PANTUKAN, COMPOSTELA VALLEY ON 5 JANUARY 2012
Scope: National
Legislative status: Pending in the Committee (1/17/2012)
http://www.senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=15&q=SRN-675
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SRN-675 (as filed)
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY CALLED ON THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUS) IN MINDANAO TO INCLUDE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION (DRR) AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION (CCA) IN THEIR PRIORITY PROGRAMS IN THE SOUTHERN REGION OF THE COUNTRY AS THEY CONTINUE TO CARRY OUT ANTI-INSURGENCY EFFORTS.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, said that aside from the lingering insurgency problem, Mindanao today is faced with a greater and more unpredictable threat-natural hazards made harsher and more devastating […]
