In celebration of World Environment Day today and the Philippine Environment Month this June, House Deputy Speaker and Antique Congresswoman Loren Legarda featured ten landmark laws on environmental protection and climate risk governance, as well as ten exemplary adaptation practices, during the virtual forum “Conversations with the Champion” aired via Facebook Live today.
Legarda shared insights on what the country has done and what needs to be achieved to protect the environment and build resilience to climate risks, while recovering from […]
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Legarda Highlights Landmark Environmental and Climate Laws, Best Adaptation Practices in “Conversations with the Champion”
CCC, Legarda Launch “Conversations with the Champion”
The Climate Change Commission (CCC) and the Office of Deputy Speaker and Antique Congresswoman Loren Legarda will host a virtual forum, “Conversations with the Champion,” which will discuss what the Philippines has accomplished thus far and what remains to be done to protect the environment and build resilience to climate change, as we seek to recover from the pandemic in a more sustainable manner.
The online forum, which will be livestreamed via Facebook Live on Friday, June 5, 10:00 am, is […]
Legarda: Embrace Culture, Embrace Identity
Deputy Speaker and Antique Lone District Representative Loren Legarda today filed House Bill No. 6891, also known as An Act Strengthening the Conservation and Protection of National Cultural Heritage through Enhanced Cultural Heritage Education Program and Cultural Mapping.
This bill aims to amend RA 10066 or the National Cultural Heritage Act, thus mandating all local government units (LGUs) to conduct a cultural mapping of their areas for tangible, intangible and natural heritage.
According to UNESCO, cultural mapping, or heritage mapping, is the […]
Legarda to Embed Sustainable Urban Mobility in Better Normal Bill
In the Sustainable Urban Mobility episode of the “Stories for a Better Normal: Pandemic and Climate Pathways” series, House Deputy Speaker and Antique Congresswoman Loren Legarda discussed with bike advocates and cyclists how biking is helping frontliners move during this community quarantine and how cities and provinces can support biking for a healthier and better normal for commuters and the transport sector.
Mr. Red Constantino, Executive Director of the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities, co-anchored the show with Legarda. Resource […]
Sponsorship Speech of Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda On the Better Normal Bill (House Bill No. House Bill No. 6864)
Mr. Speaker,
The raging COVID-19 pandemic has brought out the sobering reality that the world is not as advanced, prosperous and as resilient as we thought it to be. We have realized that our societies and economic systems are fragile, and that we are only as strong as our most vulnerable.
The only way forward is to heed science and make decisive actions toward staging a recovery that will pave the way for a better normal for the Filipino people.
The choices we […]
Sustainable Urban Mobility in 3rd Episode of “Stories for a Better Normal” Series
In the third episode of the online discussion series “Stories for a Better Normal: Pandemic and Climate Change Pathways,” with the topic of sustainable urban mobility, House Deputy Speaker and Antique Congresswoman Loren Legarda will facilitate the discussion on how to encourage cities and citizens to adopt greener modes of transportation and infrastructure.
The third episode will air this Thursday, May 28, 10AM via Facebook Live at facebook.com/conglorenlegarda or facebook.com/CCCPhl. Mr. Red Constantino, Executive Director of the Institute for Climate and […]
Legarda Joins the Muslims in Celebrating Eidul Fitr
Deputy Speaker and Antique Representative Loren Legarda, co-author of RA 9177 also known as the Act Declaring Eidul Fitr a National Holiday, expressed her sincerest felicitations and solidarity to all Muslim brothers and sisters on the occasion of Eidul Fitr.
“As you celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan, may this further reaffirm and strengthen your devotion and faith in mankind. Sacrifice, self-discipline and patience are but vital virtues that make us human,” Legarda said.
“To our Muslim brothers and […]
Legarda Urges Home Food Gardening and Backyard Farming to Ensure Food Availability and Supply
Deputy Speaker and Antique Representative Loren Legarda urged individuals and households to install their own food garden and do backyard farming to ensure food availability and supply at home, during the second episode of “Stories for a Better Normal: Pandemic and Climate Change Pathways,” an online knowledge-for-action discussion series on COVID-19 and the climate emergency.
The second episode focused on the ways individuals and households can grow their own food, and strategies to sustain urban and community gardens, by featuring practical […]
Urban gardening, backyard farming in 2nd episode of ‘Stories for A Better Normal’ series
In the second episode of the online discussion series ‘Stories for a Better Normal: Pandemic and Climate Change Pathways’ on the topic, ‘Growing Your Own Food 101’, Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda will feature the importance of growing your own food and urban gardens at home or with the community.
The second episode will be livestreamed this Thursday, May 21, 10:00am, via Facebook Live [www.facebook.com/conglorenlegarda and www.facebook.com/CCCPhl].
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar will be joining the online conversation to discuss the “Plant, Plant, Plant […]
Legarda: Stage a green and resilient COVID-19 recovery through the New Normal Bill
MANILA, 18 May 2020 — House Deputy Speaker and Antique Representative Loren Legarda urged the government to ensure the protection of the most vulnerable by staging a green and resilient COVID-19 recovery, during a hearing via videoconferencing earlier today on House Bill 6623 (HB 6623) or the New Normal for the Workplace and Public Spaces Act of 2020.
Legarda, Chair of the New Normal Cluster of the Defeat COVID-19 Ad Hoc Committee (DCC), intended to shepherd the bill’s passage to contain […]