MANIFESTATION
Mr. President, about a week ago, parliamentarians from ten Asian countries, including the Philippines, met here in Manila for a three-day Consultative Meeting on “Disaster Risk Reduction: An Instrument for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals”.
After our exchange of views and experiences on the various effects of disasters and the impact of climate change in our respective countries, this representation, along with legislators from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan and Thailand, forged “The Manila Call for […]
EXPRESSING GRAVE CONCERN OVER THE RISING TENSION IN THE KOREAN PENINSULA, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA, CHAIR OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, TODAY SAID THAT THE PHILIPPINES’ MAIN OBLIGATION IS TO SUPPORT THE UNITED NATION’S (UN) MISSION OF PEACE AND RECONCILIATION IN KOREA.
Legarda explained that as one of the 12 countries currently accredited as UN Command (UNC) member nations, the Philippines remains committed to helping achieve a political and lasting settlement of the challenges facing North and South Korea. Read More
TO ENSURE THAT THE GOVERNMENT’S CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER (CCT) SCHEME WOULD NOT BE REDUCED INTO A MERE DOLE-OUT PROGRAM, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA SAID THAT IT SHOULD BE COUPLED WITH LIVELIHOOD PROGRAMS THAT WOULD SUSTAIN THE INCOME OF THE FAMILY BENEFICIARIES EVEN AFTER THE CULMINATION OF THE FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM.
During the deliberations for the budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Legarda said that the CCT scheme called Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) must be partnered with livelihood […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT THE “MANILA CALL FOR ACTION 2010” HAS BEEN FORGED BY THE TEN PARTICIPATING NATIONS DURING THE CONSULTATIVE MEETING FOR PARLIAMENTARIANS ON ‘DISASTER RISK REDUCTION: AN INSTRUMENT FOR ACHIEVING THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS’.
At the closing ceremonies, Senator Legarda, the United Nation’s Asia-Pacific Regional Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation said that parliamentarians from the ten nations will go back to their respective countries committed to undertake several concrete actions towards disaster-resilient […]
FOLLOWING HER PROPOSAL TO ALLOCATE AT LEAST ONE PERCENT OF THE NATIONAL BUDGET FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WOULD COMMIT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF HER 2011 PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND (PDAF) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF “GREEN SCHOOLS”.
Legarda, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, said she wants to give priority to addressing the long-standing problem of lack of classrooms and school buildings and to ensure that these infrastructures are safe and disaster-resilient.
“We […]
