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Legarda To Retailers: Recycle, Reuse Plastic Bags

August 6, 2010

SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY ASKED RETAILERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO TO ESTABLISH MECHANISMS FOR RECYCLING AND REUSING PLASTIC BAGS.
“Our urban areas are crowded with malls, supermarkets, grocery stores, palengkes, tiangges, and other sales outlets. Purchases in these stores are concluded with customers walking out of the mall or store carrying several plastic bags.”
“Some of these plastic bags are reused while others are dumped either properly or improperly. In instances where these bags are dumped improperly, they end […]

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Loren to DPWH: Unclog Drains!

August 6, 2010

SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY CALLED THE ATTENTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS TO LOOK INTO AND CHECK THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM SPECIFICALLY IN THE ENTIRE PROVINCE OF RIZAL AND OTHER AREAS TO PREVENT A REPEAT OF ONDOY WHERE SEVERAL COMMUNITIES WERE SUBMERGED IN AS HIGH AS 6 FEET OF WATER.
“Yesterday’s downpour already triggered flooding in Binangonan and Marcos Highway.The rain wasn’t much and lasted for only a few hours and yet, massive areas were already being submerged […]

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Senate Climate Change Chair Launches – “BUHOS”

August 5, 2010

SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY INVITED HER COLLEAGUES IN THE SENATE, SENATE OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES, AND THE SENATE MEDIA TO AN ADVANCE SCREENING OF “BUHOS”, A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING DIRECTED BY WORLD-CLASS FILIPINO AND 2009 CANNES BEST DIRECTOR, BRILLANTE MENDOZA.
“Buhos” according to Legarda implores each one of us to make a conscious effort for our environment to prevent the dangerous effects of climate change from happening.
“After all, we have to learn how to live within Earth’s limitations,” Legarda […]

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Senate Bill No. 2355 – Combat duty pay of all enlisted personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines

August 5, 2010

AN ACT INCREASING THE COMBAT DUTY PAY OF ALL ENLISTED PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT (25%) OF THEIR BASE PAY AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
Scope: National
Legislative status: Consolidated/Substituted in the Committee Report (11/9/2010)
http://www.senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=15&q=SBN-2355
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SBN – 2355 (as filed)

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Transmitters of Porn Over The Internet To Minors Must Be Penalized – Legarda

August 4, 2010

SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY PROPOSED THAT THE PENALTY OF IMPRISONMENT AND A FINE OF UP TO P500,000 BE IMPOSED TO THOSE PERSONS WHO TRANSMIT INDECENT AND IMMORAL PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIALS TO MINORS THROUGH ELECTRONIC MAIL AND OTHER MEANS OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY.
“Schools have included computer classes in their curriculum thus making the children of today computer and internet savy. Unfortunately, children are not aware of the predators that lurk within the world wide web. Just as they are protected from the […]

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