November 26, 2013
Senator Loren Legarda today said that Typhoon Yolanda is the new benchmark for disaster prevention and preparedness, which means that communities should be ready for typhoons with wind speed of above 300 kph, even if this means upgrading standards for buildings.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committees on Climate Change and Environment and Natural Resources, said that recent disasters in the country show the need to upgrade the standards for building infrastructure to ensure that they withstand strong winds and quakes.
“We […]
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November 25, 2013
SENATOR Loren Legarda on Sunday underscored the need to make the communities and schools disaster-resilient to keep the Filipino children out of harm’s way.
She said 66.5 million children were being affected by various disasters annually. She recalled that in 2006 the landslide in Guinsaugon village in Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte, killed more than 1,000 people including 246 elementary schoolchildren.
She said that in the 2005 Pakistan earthquake, 10,000 schools collapsed and killed 17,000 children, while in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in […]
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November 25, 2013
Senator Loren Legarda is President Benigno Aquino III’s representative at the Women in Parliaments – Global Forum Annual Summit and will receive, on behalf of the Filipino people, the prestigious Award for Leadership on Closing the Gender Gap (Winner by Region: Southeast Asia) at awarding ceremonies that will be held on November 27, 2013 at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium.
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (celebrated every 25th of November), Legarda will be in Brussels to […]
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November 24, 2013
Two weeks after Typhoon Yolanda pummeled communities in central Philippines, Senator Loren Legarda said that debris management should be given equal importance to prevent further disasters from the storm’s aftermath.
“Along with efforts to provide food, shelter, medicine and new sources of livelihood for the survivors of Typhoon Yolanda should be a debris management system. We need to clear out the debris in devastated communities so that restoring public services and rebuilding communities will be less difficult,” said Legarda, Chair of […]
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November 23, 2013
Senator Loren Legarda urged the business sector to promote disaster resilience in their operations and in the communities where they operate during the Top Leaders Forum organized by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and SM Prime.
Legarda, UNISDR Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation for Asia Pacific, stressed the importance of the business sector’s active participation in building a disaster resilient nation.
“Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation must be closely linked to development. The […]
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