Senator Loren Legarda today encouraged the business sector to increase its participation in the country’s disaster risk reduction efforts.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, made the call following the release of the 2103 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction titled “From Shared Risk to Shared Value: the Business Case for Disaster Risk Reduction”.
Read MoreSenator Loren Legarda today underscored the improvement in the country’s disaster preparedness and risk reduction strategies but stressed that there is much more to be done in order for the Philippines to become disaster-resilient.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, noted that a recent report by the World Bank showed the Philippines among the top five countries in the Asia-Pacific in terms of advancing disaster risk reduction strategies.
Read MoreSenator Loren Legarda today urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to build more disaster-resilient classrooms to minimize the risks posed by natural hazards to schoolchildren.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, noted a DepEd report showing that at least 257 public elementary and high schools in Central Luzon alone are at high risk to floods, while many schools in the Cordillera region are vulnerable to landslides.
Read MoreSenator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, today stressed the continuing need to address the effects of climate change at a photo exhibit organized by Greenpeace.
Read MoreSenator Loren Legarda today expressed optimism that the measure providing healthcare coverage to the poorest Filipinos will soon become a law.
Legarda, principal author of the Universal Healthcare Bill, said that the measure will ensure that one of the basic needs of the people, which is healthcare, will be adequately provided by the government.
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