SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY SOUGHT AN INVESTIGATION ON THE PREPAREDNESS OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES ABROAD, TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) ESPECIALLY DURING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, said that recent incidents in different parts of the world have brought impending danger to OFWs.
Based on records from the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE), more than 14,000 OFWs remain trapped in strife-torn Libya. Meanwhile, 11 Filipinos are […]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EFFORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOEIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) IN COORDINATION WITH THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA) AND OTHER LABOR RELATED AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, AS WELL AS ON THE ADEQUACY OF FUNDS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ASSESSING THE PREPAREDNESS OF PHILIPPINE POSTS ABROAD IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, THEREBY ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) […]
IN A BID TO PRESERVE THE MANGYAN CULTURE AND PROMOTE THEIR PRODUCTS AND SOURCES OF LIVELIHOOD, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA HAS ORGANIZED AN EXHIBIT, “MANGYANS OF MINDORO: MYTH AND MEANING”, WHICH WILL SHOWCASE THE MANGYAN PEOPLE’S CRAFTSMANSHIP AND RICH HERITAGE.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities, was inspired to put up the exhibit following her recent visit to the Mangyan Heritage Center in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro.
The exhibit, which will be held from March 1-25, 2011, at the […]
AS UNREST WORSENS IN SOME COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, PARTICULARLY IN LIBYA WHERE PROTESTERS AND SECURITY FORCES HAVE ENGAGED IN BLOODY CLASHES, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO GUARANTEE THE SAFETY OF FILIPINOS BY MAKING SURE THAT A DEFINITE PLAN OF ACTION IS IN PLACE AND READY FOR EXECUTION ANY TIME.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, cited a report from the International Federation for Human Rights (IFHR) that the protests in Libya […]
FOLLOWING THE STRONG EARTHQUAKE IN NEW ZEALAND AND A MILDER TREMOR HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY REITERATED HER CALL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS MEASURES IN EDUCATIONAL AND HEALTH CARE ESTABLISHMENTS.
Legarda, the Asia-Pacific Regional Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation, stressed the importance of evaluating the structural integrity of various establishments in the country and the regular conduct of fire and earthquake drills particularly in schools and hospitals, as disasters may occur […]
