For Legarda, education is no. 1

April 17, 2013

Believing that upgrading the quality of Philippine education is a good investment for the country, Senator Loren Legarda has allocated a large amount of her Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) to the construction and rehabilitation of classrooms and school buildings.

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Legarda calls for heavy penalties for slaughter of endangered pangolins

April 16, 2013

Sen. Loren Legarda today expressed alarm over the discovery of more than 20,000 pounds of meat from the endangered pangolin in the Chinese vessel that ran aground in Tubbataha and urged the authorities to dig deeper into the matter.
She said the discovery of the banned cargo should prod Philippine Navy and Coast Guard authorities to exercise the highest vigilance as similar illegal activities could be taking place off […]

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Legarda: Rural Growth Through “Bibingka Economics”

April 14, 2013

Sen. Loren Legarda today in Isabela Province renewed her call for spurring national growth by enlarging the agricultural and micro-enterprise base in the countryside through a more effective implementation of the Agri-Agra Reform Credit Act, along with the Magna Carta for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and the Barangay Kabuhayan Act.

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