September 14, 2011
AFTER THE ASSEMBLY OF LUZON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (IPS) HELD IN BAGUIO CITY LAST WEEK, THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES AND COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA WILL NOW LEAD THE ASSEMBLY OF MINDANAO IPS AT THE PROVINCIAL CAPITOL OF DAVAO DEL NORTE IN TAGUM CITY ON SEPTEMBER 16-17, 2011.
This Mindanao IP Assembly seeks the perspectives of various IP leaders in Mindanao and identify appropriate measures to address their identified concerns.
Among the Mindanao IP […]
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September 14, 2011
THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY WARNED ENVIRONMENT OFFICIALS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUS) TO BE MORE CIRCUMSPECT ABOUT PERMITTING GOLD MINING OPERATIONS, AMID REPORTS OF LOCALS RUSHING TO ABANDONED MINES TO PAN FOR GOLD.
In a news report, Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said that gold mines in Compostela Valley, the Agusan provinces, Masbate, Cagayan Valley and Nueva Vizcaya currently experience a revival of interest in gold after […]
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September 13, 2011
A DAY AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWO-DAY LUZON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ASSEMBLY THAT WAS HELD AT THE TEACHERS’ CAMP IN BAGUIO CITY ON SEPTEMBER 9 AND 10, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY SAID SHE WOULD TAKE TO THE SENATE THE RESOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE ASSEMBLY THAT NEED LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
Among the issues and concerns submitted for legislative action during the said assembly are the:
(1) Amendment of the Electric Power Reform Industry Act (EPIRA) to redefine “host […]
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September 11, 2011
PREPAREDNESS IS ALWAYS THE KEY TO SURVIVE A DISASTER-WHETHER CAUSED BY NATURAL OR MAN-MADE HAZARD, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY SAID.
As the world commemorates the terrorist attack in the United States, known as the 9/11 tragedy, Legarda said that being prepared and having an emergency evacuation plan is essential in such disasters as proven in the case of the largest tenant in the US World Trade Center during the attack.
The company Morgan Stanley Dean Whitter, which had 3,700 employees […]
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September 10, 2011
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY ECHOED THE SENTIMENTS OF THE COUNTRY’S INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES OVER THE ILL-EFFECTS BROUGHT UPON THEIR LIVELIHOOD, HEALTH, FOOD SECURITY, CULTURAL INTEGRITY AND LANDS BY EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS BROUGHT ABOUT BY CLIMATE CHANGE, FURTHER AGGRAVATED BY IRRESPONSIBLE MINING OPERATIONS.
“It is lamentable that despite the fact that indigenous peoples contribute the least with respect to carbon emissions due to their simple and sustainable lifestyles and practices, they are most affected by the consequences of climate change,” Senator […]
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