SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO PREPARE PEOPLE AND CLOSELY MONITOR PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS OF JAPAN’S NUCLEAR FALLOUT EVEN AS GOVERNMENT DOWNPLAYED THE POSSIBILITY OF RADIATION EXPOSURE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Legarda said it is always better to be prepared for such an incident however remote it may be than be caught off-guard when it actually happens.
“We cannot afford to be complacent notwithstanding the assurances issued by experts. There are food safety issues and the situation in Fukushima […]
“That is why Senate Bill 2759, authored by Sen. Loren Legarda, is most timely and even carries with it a sense of urgency, as does Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s Senate Bill 2749. Legarda’s bill asks supermarkets, restaurants and retail stores to cease using plastic bags. “As the problems of pollution, environmental degradation and severe weather shifts escalate, all sectors of society must act with dispatch. Individuals must make conscious efforts to change our daily routine and practices to produce a […]
CITING STATISTICS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DEPED), WHICH SHOWED THAT OF THE 685 SCHOOLS INSPECTED NATIONWIDE FOR SAFETY LAST YEAR, 588 WERE FOUND TO HAVE STRUCTURAL DEFECTS, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY REITERATED HER CALL FOR A STRONGER PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS TO ENSURE THAT SCHOOLS ARE SAFE FROM DISASTERS.
Legarda expressed concern on the finding that as many as 869 schools that were built many decades ago are still being used.
“It is important to make […]
AS MANY FILIPINOS RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PROMPT ALERTS ON IMPENDING DISASTERS, THE GOVERNMENT MUST HEED THE PEOPLE’S DEMAND THROUGH THE IMMEDIATE ESTABLISHMENT OF EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS AND PRIORITIZATION OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMS, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA SAID TODAY.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, cited the results of a recent Pulse Asia survey which revealed that 56% of Filipinos believe that the government must prioritize early warning mechanisms among its disaster preparedness efforts, followed by the storing […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY CALLED FOR AGGRESSIVE EFFORTS TO DEVELOP THE COUNTRY’S RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES.
The call was made in the light of the spiraling price of oil in the global market and the public safety issues that have emerged from the crisis facing Japan’s Fukushima nuclear complex.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations and Climate Change, cautioned against taking the “nuclear path” to address the country’s energy needs.
In issuing this warning, the Senator noted that […]
