October 21, 2011
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA HAILED FATHER FAUSTINO “POPS” TENTORIO’S DEDICATION TO UPHOLD THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (IPS) IN THE COUNTRY AND HONORED HIS WORKS THROUGH A SENATE RESOLUTION.
In filing Senate Resolution No. 628, Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities, conveyed the Senate’s deep sympathies for the death of Father Tentorio, a member of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), and honored him for his selfless dedication to promote and protect the rights of IPs.
“For […]
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October 19, 2011
SEN. LOREN LEGARDA DENOUNCED THE KILLING OF FR. FAUSTO “POPS” TENORIO, AN ITALIAN MISSIONARY, WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE IN THE SERVICE OF THE INDIGENOUS POOR AND THE LESS FORTUNATE FILIPINOS IN MINDANAO.
Fr. Pops, as the local people of Arakan knew him, was a member of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) and had been the champion of indigenous peoples and the poor in Mindanao for thirty-three (33) years, since his coming to the Philippines in 1978. He is […]
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October 16, 2011
IN A BID TO ENSURE THAT PENDING LEGISLATIONS RELATED TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (IPS) WILL EFFECTIVELY RESPOND TO THEIR NEEDS, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA WILL LEAD TODAY A GATHERING OF LEADERS OF VARIOUS INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES (ICCS) IN MINDANAO FOR A CONSULTATION AT THE PROVINCIAL CAPITOL OF DAVAO DEL NORTE IN TAGUM CITY.
Legarda said that she saw the need to bring the inquiry of the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities outside the four halls of the Senate to gather the views […]
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October 14, 2011
MEMBERS OF VARIOUS INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES (ICCS) IN THE COUNTRY TROOPED TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN MANILA FOR THE HISTORIC FIRST NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CULTURAL SUMMIT YESTERDAY.
Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities, Committee on Climate Change and Committee on Foreign Relations, headed this initiative in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), Department of Tourism (DOT), Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA), National Commission […]
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October 12, 2011
THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA, TODAY SAID THAT CHILDREN SHOULD BE MADE PART OF THE EFFORTS IN MAKING COMMUNITIES RESILIENT TO DISASTERS, NOTING THAT 39 OF THE 83 CASUALTIES DURING TYPHOON PEDRING WERE CHILDREN.
Legarda made the statement as the world observes the International Day for Disaster Reduction on October 13.
“In Asia, the recent devastating floods claimed the lives of many, including a significant number of children. In Cambodia’s worst floods in […]
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