SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY COMMENDED THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF CAMARINES SUR, LED BY GOVERNOR LUIS RAYMUND VILLAFUERTE, JR., FOR THE LAUNCH OF ITS ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGN DUBBED AS EL VERDE 12 MILLION TREES BY 2012, AND URGED OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO JOIN THE GREEN ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN.
“I laud the efforts of Governor LRay and the citizens of Camarines Sur in saving our ecosystem through massive tree-growing and in raising the awareness of our people on environmental concerns through this program,” […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY PRESSED FOR THE IMMEDIATE PASSAGE OF PROPOSED MEASURES THAT SEEK TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN, NOTING THAT MORE THAN HALF OF FILIPINO CHILDREN ARE UNDERNOURISHED.
Based on the Seventh National Nutrition Survey initiated by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (FNRI-DOST), about 3.35 million children ages 0-5 years old are underweight, 3.57 million are stunted, and 780,000 are classified as thin.
Moreover, 55.7% of […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY STRESSED THAT THE GOVERNMENT MUST EXHAUST ALL LEGAL MEANS TO AID FILIPINOS FACING DEATH SENTENCES IN FOREIGN NATIONS, PARTICULARLY THE THREE FILIPINOS IN CHINA CONVICTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING AND SENTENCED TO DEATH BY THE SUPREME PEOPLE’S COURT (SPC) IN BEIJING.
“The Philippine government is duty-bound to extend full protection and exhaust all legal means to aid our countrymen. The Philippine Migrant Workers’ Act demands no less than that. The Department of Foreign Affairs(DFA) should pursue efforts […]
RESOLUTION IN HONOR OF THE LATE QUINTIN B. PAREDES, STATESMAN, WHO SERVED THE FILIPINO NATION WITH DISTINCTION AND WHO CHAMPIONED THE INTERNATIONAL CAUSE FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES FOREMOST OF WHICH IS THE INHERENT RIGHT OF EVERY MAN TO FREEDOM, LIFE AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, URGING THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL INSTITUTE TO DECLARE HIS BIRTHPLACE IN BANGUED, ABRA AS A HISTORICAL SITE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Scope: National
Legislative status: Pending in the Committee (2/15/2011)
http://senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=15&q=SRN-380
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SRN-380 (as filed)
OPENING STATEMENT SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA
Today, we make history here in East Rembo Elementary School as Metro Manila and the Alliance of Seven join more than 150 cities and municipalities all over the world who have committed to undertake essential actions in line with UNISDR’s global campaign launched last year.
Metro Manila has been dubbed as the convenience store of disasters because based on the latest Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) risk assessment synthesis report, NCR is most at risk of […]
