May 1, 2014
Senator Loren Legarda urged the use of technology in building the country’s resilience, stressing that making critical information on disaster risks and vulnerabilities available in the Internet could significantly boost the campaign to educate and inform citizens about natural hazards and how best they can prepare and prevent disasters.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, made the call during her keynote speech at the Google Crisis Response Summit held at the SMX Convention Center on April 30, 2014.
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April 30, 2014
MANILA, Philippines—Senator Loren Legarda urged Internet search engine Google to develop a “Google Risk Finder” similar to the Google Person Finder that helps people find missing persons during times of disasters.
Legarda, chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Climate Change, said during her speech at Google’s Crisis Response Summit Wednesday that there should be an application that can easily display all possible geohazard risks, such as landslides, earthquakes, flooding, and storm surges in a certain area.
Prior to her speech, […]
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April 30, 2014
Senator Loren Legarda today stressed on the importance of promoting green skills and green jobs, stating that it would provide employment opportunities and boost climate change adaptation efforts in the country.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committees on Environment and Natural Resources and on Climate Change, noted that there are already 3.5 million green jobs worldwide and the Philippines has the potential to generate thousands of green jobs, especially if there are more renewable energy investments in the country.
“We take note […]
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April 27, 2014
Stray golf balls, catfish of unknown provenance, and a life-size statue of the scourged Jesus Christ that roams the grounds during the wee hours are just some of the stories told by residents inside the Bautista compound in Malabon.
Resting at the border shared with Caloocan, the 4,000-square-meter property used to host a single structure built by German national Otto Scherer in the 1930s that was taken over by the Japanese imperial army during World War II.
After the war, the legendary […]
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April 27, 2014
Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate Committee on Environmental and Natural Resources, launched a video documentary on Philippine marine biodiversity that coincided with Earth Day on April 22.
The project, which marks her third collaboration with internationally acclaimed director Brillante Mendoza, aims to raise awareness on the current condition of the country’s marine life and underwater resources.
Senator Legarda was inspired to do the project after watching marine videos taken by underwater videographer Robert “Bobbit” Suntay, co-founder and executive director of […]
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