SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA, CHAIR OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES LAUDS THE SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (IPS)/INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES (ICCS) AND INDUSTRIES/BUSINESSES.
“By working together, we can bring about the cultural, economic, social and ecological development of our Indigenous brothers and sisters.”
Citing the situation of the Mansaka Tribe in the Municipality of Maco, Province of Compostela Valley, she pointed out that the Maco Ancestral Domain Council Incorporated (MDCI) works in harmony with Apex Mining Company Incorporated, where […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA THROUGH THE FILING OF SENATE BILL NO. 1384 PROPOSED AN INCREASE IN THE SALARY OF BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS TO SALARY GRADE 10 (P14,641) AND BE GIVEN A MANDATORY CHRISTMAS BONUS ASIDE FROM THE BENEFITS GRANTED TO OTHER BARANGAY EMPLOYEES.
“At present, the Barangay Health Workers receive a monthly honorarium of only P1,000 a month.”
“With the resurgence of different disease outbreaks that most often emerge in the remotest areas in the country or with every calamity that […]
For sixteen years, our barangay health workers have been our health information disseminators, the nurturers of expectant mothers and sick children, and the providers of genuine health care to the Filipino in the deepest nooks of the country.
I would like to thank the National Confederation of Barangay Health Workers of the Philippines for inviting me to speak before the unsung heroes of our health delivery system.
Indeed, we have gone far in medicine and health care services. But it […]
It is my pleasure to be invited here to speak about an issue which has become one of the greatest humanitarian development challenges that we all face, an issue of global proportion.
While climate change has recently been at the forefront of local and international dialogues, it is perhaps only now that the nation has seen its devastating impacts.
Unfortunately, it had to take Ondoy, Pepeng and Basyang for us to realize that climate change is not just a scientific […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA, CHAIR OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, URGED THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CREATE CHANNELS TO IMPROVE OUR RANKINGS BY THE UNITED STATES IN ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING PERFORMANCE, ASSERTING THAT OUR HIGH CONVICTION RATES ON ILLEGAL RECRUITMENT MUST OFFSET OUR LOW CONVICTIONS UNDER THE ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ACT FOR PURPOSES OF MAKING THE PHILIPPINES ELIGIBLE FOR FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.
“Many of our prosecutors charge traffickers with the crime of illegal recruitment rather than trafficking. If this reflects […]
