July 6, 2013
Senator Loren Legarda today said that policies on improved management of the country’s natural resources, particularly land and water, are needed now to prevent degradation and ensure sustainable development.
Legarda said that “due to the presence of different stakeholders in the use of land and the lack of a national land use policy framework, the use of land in the country remains chaotic and breeds environmental degradation.”
Meanwhile, 50 of the 421 principal river basins in the country are already considered biologically […]
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July 4, 2013
Senator Loren Legarda today said that better weather forecasting and monitoring by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) will result to better preparedness against natural hazards, thereby preventing huge economic losses.
Legarda said she re-filed the proposed PAGASA Modernization Act and hopes that it will be enacted in the 16th Congress to enhance the agency’s capability in providing services to protect the people and the environment and to ensure economic security against natural hazards.
“In 2009, our country suffered […]
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July 3, 2013
At least 2.3 million indigent Filipino high school graduates will be able to pursue tertiary education with Senator Loren Legarda’s proposed Pantawid Tuition Program.
Legarda said that Senate Bill No. 6, or the proposed Government Scholarship to Students for University and Technical Vocational Education Act, will be a complementing policy of the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).
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July 1, 2013
On the first day of the 16th Congress, Senator Loren Legarda set out her legislative priorities as she filed proposed measures on education, poverty alleviation, natural resources management, disaster preparedness, environmental conservation, and cultural preservation.
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June 30, 2013
Senator Loren Legarda today congratulated Director Brillante Mendoza for being conferred the title Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Artes et Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) by the French
Ministry of Culture.
“I am proud of Direk Brillante’s continuing success. He has been bringing honor to our country with his internationally-acclaimed films that raise people’s awareness on the realities in our society,” said Legarda.
“He is an artist who uses his talent […]
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