SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY SAID THE DREDGING OF THE 90,000 HECTARE LAGUNA LAKE ALONG WITH ITS SURROUNDING TRIBUTARIES IS THE MAIN CAUSE FOR THE MASSIVE FLOODING IN LAGUNA, HER HOME PROVINCE.
“Environmental science and agricultural engineering experts have been apprehensive about the consequences of dredging in Laguna Lake. ”
Legarda cited that dredging will dissolve the heavy metals present in the lake which are harmful to humans and can even be cancerous like mercury, cadmium and lead that will be […]
IN LIGHT OF JULY BEING THE NATIONAL DISASTER CONSCIOUSNESS MONTH AND WITH THE ONSET OF THE SERIES OF TYPHOONS THAT HAVE STARTED DEVASTATING OUR COUNTRY, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA BELIEVES THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNE TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO STEP UP IN ITS EFFORTS TO DEAL WITH THE NATURAL DISASTERS, EVEN BEFORE THEY OCCUR.
“The science is clear. There is consensus among the scientific community that climate change is already happening and will worsen in the years to come. Natural […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY POINTED OUT A STUDY BY THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, WHICH REVEALED THAT THE PHILIPPINES HAS THE BIGGEST NUMBER OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AT THE RISK OF EARTHQUAKES, WITH AN ESTIMATED 15.6 MILLION SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN IN EARTHQUAKE ZONES COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.
In response to this alarming fact, Senator Legarda immediately filed a resolution urging the following departments of government to assume respective responsibilities:
1. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to immediately conduct […]
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MODERNIZATION OF THE PHILIPPINE ATMOSPHERIC, GEOPHYSICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFORE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Scope: National
Legislative status: Pending in the Committee (9/1/2010)
http://www.senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=15&q=SBN-1406
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SBN – 1406 (as filed)
AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 19, 28, 30, 37, 38 AND 65 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8550, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE FISHERIES CODE 1998
Scope: National
Legislative status: Pending in the Committee (8/31/2010)
http://senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=15&q=SBN-1334
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SBN-1334 (as filed)
