October 3, 2012
IN LIGHT OF THE HEAVY RAINS BROUGHT ABOUT BY TYPHOON MARCE, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY REMINDED LOCAL COMMUNITIES THAT THEY ARE THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN METRO MANILA, AND URGED THE HEIGHTENED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2000.
“Heavy rainfall does not need to result in the extreme inconveniences we experience today. Communities, made up of vigilant and proactive individuals, can and should implement the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 […]
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October 2, 2012
“I believe that the target for the 2015 Millennium Development Goals is within arm’s reach for as long as we develop a concerted front against premature deaths brought about by lack of information or apathy,”
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October 1, 2012
“I am accepting the personal invitation of the President to be part of the LP coalition as the NPC nominee in the slate because of the need for principled cooperation among leaders. I share the values of pro-inclusive growth, pro-people, pro-poor, pro-environment, pro-good governance, pro-women and pro-resilient development principles in our governance. I want to see genuine development aspirations to be felt by the people, a development agenda that transcends political boundaries. The present administration, in the next three years, has the capacity to achieve the development gains that the people deserve. Every working day of the remaining years of the Aquino administration counts and I trust that this cooperation will allow us to advance our shared advocacies with a sense of urgency,”
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September 28, 2012
“It was six years ago when the world saw one of the worst disasters of our time happen in Brgy. Guinsaugon, Saint Bernard. But the people of Saint Bernard pulled together to rise from the debris. Today, the Saint Bernard LGU works in partnership with a host of local and international organizations, for capacity building programs, livelihood and resettlement projects, disaster preparedness, and community-based early warning systems,”
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September 26, 2012
“Sa ilalim ng Agri-Agra Law, ang lahat ng bangko ay dapat maglaan ng 25% ng perang pwede nilang ipautang para sa agriculture sector. Maaaring pondohan ang pagbili ng hayop na pangsaka, gamit o makinarya, binhi, pataba, livestock, feed at iba pang kailangan sa farm production,”
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