April 15, 2021
HB08701
Date Filed: 2021-02-15
Full Title: AN ACT CONVERTING THE BITAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BARANGAY BITAS, MUNICIPALITY OF PATNONGON INTO AN INTEGRATED SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE BITAS INTEGRATED SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2021-02-17
https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB08701.pdf
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April 15, 2021
Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda
Covid-19 vs the Workforce: Navigating through Labor Issues in Health Crisis
Ateneo Lex: Bona Fide
April 15, 2021
What made you become a public servant?
The ills of society, whether it is the trafficking of women or children, or exploitation of our ecological environment, or domestic violence, or the pollution of the metropolis, or corruption in government, or seeming gaps in the bureaucracy, or the inefficiency of health services, all those and many more moved me to run for public […]
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April 13, 2021
Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda today encouraged all Filipinos, regardless of religious beliefs, to express their support for and solidarity with our Muslim brothers and sisters.
“As a sacred month, observed with great importance by our Muslim brothers and sisters, the Ramadan has become a familiar occasion even to our Catholic-dominated nation. We hope that beyond familiarity, the observance would foster deeper understanding of Islam among Filipinos regardless of faith or religious belief,” Legarda said.
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April 13, 2021
MANILA, 13 April 2021 — Sustainable food enthusiasts will gather again virtually for the second part of the topic, “Oh My Gulay!” to share further knowledge on plant-based diets and to raise awareness on the benefits of plant-based food to the local economy, human health and the environment on the 41st episode of “Stories for a Better Normal: Pandemic and Climate Change Pathways.” This is the last special episode for the observance of National Food Month.
The episode, hosted by three-term […]
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April 12, 2021
MANILA — Three-term senator, now Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda, has filed a bill seeking to develop and implement an ecosystem and natural accounting system that applies to the Philippine environment, giving importance to the role, value, and impact of the country’s natural resources on the economy.
“For decades, the debate has been whether to choose economy over conservation of natural resources. This is a false dichotomy. The economy and all of society are fully and entirely dependent on natural resources—our natural capital that includes our forests, wetlands, and other ecosystems,” Legarda said.
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