SPEAKING BEFORE WOMEN’S GROUPS ON THE CELEBRATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, NP-NPC-LDP VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA TODAY EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR ACCESSIBLE MATERNAL AND CHILD CARE, ALARMED AT THE HIGH RATE OF MATERNAL DEATHS IN THE COUNTRY.
“In this day and age, it is plain injustice that women still die during childbirth. Women’s health should be part of the next administration’s priorities,” said Loren, the only woman vying for the VP seat.
Some 230 Filipino women die for every […]
ON WOMEN’S DAY, NP-NPC-LDP VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA TODAY CALLED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BRGY. KABUHAYAN LAW AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS BY PROVIDING MORE ASSISTANCE TO MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM-SCALE ENTERPRISES (MSMES), WHICH WILL ADDRESS WOMEN UNEMPLOYMENT ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS.
Loren, author of the Barangay Kabuhayan Act (RA 9509) and the Magna Carta for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Act (RA 9501), called for the implementation and funding of these laws to stimulate the so-called informal […]
PUBLIC OFFICIALS WHO BELONG TO THE LANDED GENTRY SHOULD SET THE EXAMPLE IN IMPLEMENTING TRUE LAND REFORM BY HAVING THEIR OWN HACIENDAS DISTRIBUTED AMONG THEIR TENANTS, NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA STRESSED BEFORE A GROUP OF FARMERS AND TRADERS IN SATURDAY IN COTABATO.
“For the country’s agriculture sector and farmers to be truly empowered, we need to see concrete, sincere commitment to land distribution among the farmers who deserve it,” Loren said.
Previous administrations, including the current one, have […]
NPC-NP-LDP VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA TODAY WARNED APPLICANTS FOR OVERSEAS WORK, ESPECIALLY THE WOMEN, TO BE VIGILANT OF UNSCRUPULOUS RECRUITERS. IN HER DAVAO CAMPAIGN SORTIE, THE LOCAL MEDIA ASKED FOR HER PLANS FOR OFWS.
“Ang administrasyon namin ni Senator Villar ay maniniguro na hindi aapihin ang ating mga kababayan abroad. Yung mga hindi naman pinalad sa mga amo nila, ire-repatriate namin. Ipagpapatuloy namin ang sinimulan na ni Sen. Villar,” Loren assured the crowd of thousands.
Loren, along with running-mate Sen. […]
NP-NPC-LDP vice presidential candidate Loren Legarda continues her Mindanao campaign on Saturday in Malaybalay in Bukidnon, whose officials are mostly on the side of administration Governor Jose Zubiri.
But Legarda, who will fly in via chopper from Davao City, is not worried about a “hostile reception.” She is, after all, the guest of honor at the Kaamulan Festival at the invitation of Zubiri himself.
“It’s very gracious of Governor Zubiri to make me guest of honor despite our being on […]
