SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY STRESSED THAT PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IS AN ADVOCACY THAT IS NOT MEANT TO PUT A DIVIDE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN, BUT A CAUSE FOR BOTH GENDERS TO ENSURE THAT THE RIGHTS OF EVERY PERSON IS RESPECTED REGARDLESS OF GENDER AND THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL MAY BE ABLE TO LIVE A FRUITFUL LIFE AND CONTRIBUTE TO NATION BUILDING.
Legarda, in her privilege speech for the celebration of International Women’s Day and National Women’s Month, explained […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY SOUGHT FOR THE SUPPORT OF HER COLLEAGUES IN THE SENATE TO CONCUR WITH AN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT THAT WOULD BETTER FACILITATE TECHNICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF PHILIPPINES AND JAPAN.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted and recommended the approval on second reading of Committee Report No. 20 on the Philippine-Japan Agreement on Technical Cooperation (ATC).
“For the Philippines, a country with myriad concerns and endless economic challenges, official development assistance (ODA) supplements […]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PREPAREDNESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA), IN COORDINATION WITH THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA) AND OTHER RELEVANT AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, IN ADDRESSING ANY AND ALL CONTINGENCIES THAT THREATEN THE SECURITY AND WELL-BEING OF OVERSEAS FILIPINOS IN TIMES OF CRISIS, WITH THE END-VIEW OF ENSURING THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE THIRD PILLAR OF THE PHILIPPINE FOREIGN POLICY WHICH IS TO […]
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE REPORTED DETERIORATION OF THE IFUGAO RICE TERRACES, A WORLD HERITAGE SITE, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING REMEDIAL MEASURES TO PRESERVE THE SAME
Scope: National
Legislative status: Pending in the Committee (03/8/2011)
http://www.senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=15&q=SRN-440
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SRN-440 (as filed)
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF PLASTIC BAGS IN GROCERIES, RESTAURANTS, AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF
Scope: National
Legislative status: Pending in the Committee (03/8/2011)
http://www.senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=15&q=SBN-2759
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SBN – 2759 (as filed)
