May 27, 2020
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 […]
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May 25, 2020
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 […]
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May 22, 2020
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 […]
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May 20, 2020
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 […]
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May 18, 2020
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 […]
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