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Legarda: Ensure safer schools and hospitals vs earthquakes

April 17, 2010

AMIDST THE INCREASING NUMBER OF EARTHQUAKES IN HIGHLY-POPULATED AREAS, MOST RECENTLY A 6.9 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA THREE DAYS AGO, NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA REITERATED HER CALL FOR SAFER SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS TO PREPARE FOR FUTURE EARTHQUAKES.
“Since the beginning of 2010, four earthquakes struck major cities around the world with great magnitude. The earthquake in Haiti last January reached a 7.0 magnitude, 8.8 in Chile last February, 7.2 early this month in Mexico and just two days […]

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Legarda: Ensure safer schools and hospitals vs earthquakes

April 17, 2010

AMIDST THE INCREASING NUMBER OF EARTHQUAKES IN HIGHLY-POPULATED AREAS, MOST RECENTLY A 6.9 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA THREE DAYS AGO, NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA REITERATED HER CALL FOR SAFER SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS TO PREPARE FOR FUTURE EARTHQUAKES.
“Since the beginning of 2010, four earthquakes struck major cities around the world with great magnitude. The earthquake in Haiti last January reached a 7.0 magnitude, 8.8 in Chile last February, 7.2 early this month in Mexico and just two days […]

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“Food sovereignty is a right for all” — Legarda

April 15, 2010

NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL BET SENATOR LOREN LOREN LEGARDA TODAY CHAMPIONED FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, DESCRIBING IT AS A RIGHT OF EVERYONE TO DEFINE THEIR OWN FOOD, AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK AND FISHERIES SYSTEMS.
“Right now, food prices continue to spiral upward because it’s linked to international market forces beyond our control. And there’s also the issue of climate change, of the drought constraining the productivity of our farmers and fisherfolk which also contribute to higher food prices. We know that the higher the food […]

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Legarda urges COMELEC to name precincts with no automatic transmission

April 15, 2010

NP-NPC-LP VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA URGED THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (COMELEC) TO INFORM THE CANDIDATES OF THE PRECINCTS WHICH WILL HAVE NO AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COME ELECTION TIME, IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT NEWS THAT THIRTY PERCENT OF THE VOTE CANVASSING WILL BE CONDUCTED MANUALLY.
“We have crafted the law providing for automated elections, and mandated that 100% of the transmission and counting of ballots should be automated. Voting, of course is still a manual activity. It’s the transmission and […]

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“Food sovereignty is a right for all” — Legarda

April 15, 2010

NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL BET SENATOR LOREN LOREN LEGARDA TODAY CHAMPIONED FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, DESCRIBING IT AS A RIGHT OF EVERYONE TO DEFINE THEIR OWN FOOD, AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK AND FISHERIES SYSTEMS.
“Right now, food prices continue to spiral upward because it’s linked to international market forces beyond our control. And there’s also the issue of climate change, of the drought constraining the productivity of our farmers and fisherfolk which also contribute to higher food prices. We know that the higher the food […]

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