December 17, 2012
GINOONG PANGULO,
Bilang isang babae at ina, ang aking mga personal na karanasan at mga karanasan ng mga ina na aking nakilala sa paninilbihan bilang isang Senador ay makaaapekto sa aking desisyon sa mahalagang panukalang batas ukol sa Reproductive Health.
Mahaba at malalim ang naging talakayan tungkol sa RH Bill. Marami ang aking naging mga katanungan. Nakapagpahayag ako ng aking mga susog at saloobin, at ikinagagalak kong natugunan ang lahat ng mga ito.
Sa pagtatapos ng yugtong ito, alalahanin nating […]
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December 17, 2012
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA EXPRESSED DEEP CONCERN OVER THE LACK OF CONCRETE RESULT IN THE 18TH SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF PARTIES OF THE UN FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN DOHA, QATAR AS SOME INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES REFUSED TO PARTICIPATE TO A SECOND COMMITMENT PERIOD OF THE KYOTO PROTOCOL, AN INTERNATIONAL TREATY THAT LEGALLY BINDS DEVELOPED NATIONS TO REDUCE THEIR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
“We are saddened by the fact that many developed nations were reluctant to deeply cut their greenhouse gas […]
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December 15, 2012
AFTER THE PHILIPPINE SENATE PASSED ON SECOND READING SENATE BILL 3208, OR THE PEOPLE’S OWNERSHIP OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION (POGI) ACT OF 2012, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA REITERATED THAT FREEDOM OF INFORMATION IS A MUST, ESPECIALLY IN MATTERS CONCERNING THE GOVERNMENT.
Legarda, co-sponsor of the measure, explained that the various controversies in the past decade have left Filipino citizens doubting the capability of the government to do its mandate of serving the best interest of the people.
“Under this proposed measure, we […]
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December 14, 2012
IN LIGHT OF THE DEVASTATION WROUGHT BY TYPHOON PABLO (BOPHA) ON VISAYAS AND MINDANAO LAST WEEK, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA ADVOCATED A NATIONWIDE INFORMATION CAMPAIGN ON GEOHAZARD MAPS.
“Based on the latest statistics released by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, 906 have died and 900 more remain missing, while we have incurred about P15 billion worth of damages due to Typhoon Pablo. These would have been avoided if our local government units and all our citizens had knowledge […]
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December 13, 2012
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA HAILED THE SIGNING INTO LAW OF THE AFP MODERNIZATION ACT, A MEASURE THAT ALLOCATES AT LEAST P75 BILLION FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AFP MODERNIZATION PROGRAM SUBJECT TO THE CAPACITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE (DND).
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