SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY URGED THE GOVERNMENT, PARTICULARLY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS (DPWH) AND THE METRO MANILA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (MMDA), TO IMMEDIATELY AND EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENT ITS FLOOD CONTROL MANAGEMENT PROJECTS.
Read More“Climate change, especially in tropical countries like the Philippines, creates more rainfall and warmer temperatures. Coupled with the worsening solid waste management problem in our cities, we have conditions that provide optimal breeding for disease-carrying mosquitoes,”
Read MoreSENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DEPED), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LUNTIANG PILIPINAS, WILL SOON SELECT THE WINNERS FOR THE “BEST SCHOOL FOREST PARK” PROGRAM.
Read MoreSENATOR LOREN LEGARDA HAS SOUGHT THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL REGISTRY FOR FINE ART THAT WILL CHRONICLE EXISTING FILIPINO ARTWORKS AND GUARD AGAINST THE PRODUCTION, PROLIFERATION, AND SALE OF THEIR FORGERIES.
Read MoreSMX Convention Center, Pasay City;According to the Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), there were 302 disasters from natural hazards worldwide, and 33 of them occurred in the Philippines. These disasters from natural hazards cost the Philippines 26 billion pesos in damages and displaced a record 15.3 million people.
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