July 27, 2013
SHOWER OF DOCU’S: Ever since Sen. Loren Legarda embraced dealing with climate change as her advocacy, her career has been marked by the production of a stream of documentary films, both long and short, aimed at reminding people how to Escape or deal with calamities.
Last Wednesday at the Podium in Ortigas Center, Loren launched her latest film, Ligtas, a 15-minute instructional video on disaster preparedness. The film is directed by internationally acclaimed filmmaker Brillante Mendoza, who earlier directed Buhos, a […]
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July 27, 2013
Senator Loren Legarda has called for the establishment of a child nutrition program in all public schools nationwide to address malnutrition, which affects at least half a million elementary students.
Legarda noted that statistics from the Department of Education (DepEd) showed that 562,262 pupils in kindergarten and elementary levels (Grades 1 to 6) enrolled in public schools in the previous school year were assessed as “severely wasted”.
“We hope that there will be better results in the DepEd’s assessment of our schoolchildren […]
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July 25, 2013
Sen. Loren Legarda asked award-winning director Brillante Mendoza to “simplify” his style in helming “Ligtas,” the instructional video on disaster preparedness.
“Malaking hamon iyon for an artist. Ang mas gusto niya syempreng gawin ay mga feature films pero sabi ko, ‘Hindi, ang kailangan ito ay instructional para maintindihan ng bata, sa grade school, sa barangay,” she said at the recent launch and special screening of the film at the Podium-Cinema 2.
Produced by the senator herself, “Ligtas” is based on the manual […]
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July 25, 2013
Senator Loren Legarda today reiterated her call for faithful compliance with Republic Act 9003 (Ecological Solid Waste Management Act), saying that the failure to do so will endanger not only the environment but also more lives and livelihood.
Legarda made the statement in support of the joint call of the environmental groups Greenpeace and the EcoWaste Coalition for the cleanup of the Manila Bay by 13 government agencies as ordered by the Supreme Court five years ago, and the closure of […]
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July 24, 2013
Senator Loren Legarda, in partnership with SM Cinemas, will lead today at 11:00 a.m. the launch and special screening at the Podium-Cinema 2 of “Ligtas”, an instructional video on disaster preparedness, which she produced and was directed by internationally-acclaimed filmmaker Brillante Mendoza.
Legarda, the United Nations Regional Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation, said that Ligtas aims to give valuable instructions and precautionary information to families and communities during typhoons, floods, landslides, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and tsunamis.
“Most natural […]
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