Legarda calls for shift to ‘low-carbon’ lifestyle

February 20, 2015

A low-carbon lifestyle entails eating more of local, plant-based and in-season food, because food that comes from distant places uses more energy for transportation and preservation, resulting to greater carbon emissions, said Senator Loren Legarda on Thursday.
Speaking during a round table discussion on Low Carbon Economy, Legarda also noted that a shift to a low-carbon lifestyle would also mean a shift to indigenous and renewable energy sources.
She said this means that people should consider reasonable energy consumption, adopt energy-efficient […]

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Legarda calls for shift to ‘low-carbon’ lifestyle

February 20, 2015

A low-carbon lifestyle entails eating more of local, plant-based and in-season food, because food that comes from distant places uses more energy for transportation and preservation, resulting to greater carbon emissions, said Senator Loren Legarda on Thursday.
Speaking during a round table discussion on Low Carbon Economy, Legarda also noted that a shift to a low-carbon lifestyle would also mean a shift to indigenous and renewable energy sources.
She said this means that people should consider reasonable energy consumption, adopt energy-efficient […]

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Legarda Joins Filipino-Chinese Community in Celebrating Chinese New Year

February 19, 2015

As the country welcomes Chinese New Year, Senator Loren Legarda expressed optimism towards better relations and enhanced cooperation between Filipinos and Chinese.
“I wish to extend my greetings of prosperity and good fortune to our Filipino-Chinese friends as we join them in celebrating this year’s Chinese New Year. The Filipino-Chinese community has made an immense contribution to the economic and cultural development of our nation and continues to do so. We recognize their acumen in entrepreneurship and value their deep sense […]

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Senator Loren Legarda’s Statement on the US Government’s Compensation for Tubbataha Reef

February 18, 2015

Senator Loren Legarda today welcomed the news that the US Government has already paid the Philippine Government the full amount of Php87,033,570.71 as compensation for the damage caused by the USS Guardian when it ran aground on Tubbataha Reef.
“It is great news that the US government has finally given full compensation for the damages to the Tubbataha Reef Natural Park, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. I am also happy that they will be providing assistance to the Philippine […]

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The fabric of our history

February 18, 2015

There is, in the ethnographic section of the National Museum, a piece of cloth woven from abaca and bearing a design and patterns using natural dyes. Recovered from a wooden coffin inside a disturbed cave in the island of Banton off the coast of Romblon, the deteriorated length of cloth is believed to have been used as a death shroud. Along with other pieces of ceramics, glass beads, combs and bracelets found in the same coffin, the cloth has been […]

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