Legarda: Senate Concurs in PHL Accession to Hague Convention on International Child Abduction

Senator Loren Legarda today said that the Philippines has acceded to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction more than 30 years after the Convention entered into force on 1 December 1983.

Legarda, Chair of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction, said that the Senate concurred in the Philippines’ Accession to the Convention on Monday, 1 February 2016.

Legarda: Senate Concurs in Ratification of Doha Amendment to Kyoto Protocol

The Senate on Monday (1 February 2016) has concurred in the ratification of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol, the international emissions reduction treaty.

Legarda Calls for ENIPAS Bill Passage in House

Senator Loren Legarda today renewed her call for the immediate passage of the proposed Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 2015 (ENIPAS), which will strengthen conservation of close to a hundred protected areas in the country.

The Senate has approved the bill on third and final reading in July 2015 but the counterpart measure in the House of Representatives is yet to be passed.

Legarda Supports PHL Accession to Hague Convention on International Child Abduction

Senator Loren Legarda today expressed support to the Philippines’ accession to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

Legarda, Chair of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction, made the statement during the hearing on the convention, which aims to settle issues of parental child abduction by providing a system of cooperation among countries in case one parent brings the child out of his/her habitual residence without the consent of the other parent.

Legarda Hopes For Stricter Implementation of 15-Year Old Solid Waste Law

Senator Loren Legarda today said that she sees stricter implementation of Republic Act No. 9003, or the Ecological Solid Waste Management (ESWM) Law, due to stronger funding support and the ongoing investigation of the Ombudsman on non-compliant local government units (LGUs).

Legarda, principal author and sponsor of the law, made the statement in line with the upcoming 15th anniversary of the ESWM Act on January 26.