September 29, 2011
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY CALLED FOR THE STRICT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAWS ON THE PROTECTION OF THE COUNTRY’S FORESTS AS SHE CONDEMNED THE REPORTED DESECRATION OF MT. PULAG, THE THIRD HIGHEST PEAK IN THE COUNTRY THAT IS BOUNDED BY THE PROVINCES OF BENGUET, IFUGAO AND NUEVA VIZCAYA.
In a report from the Department of Environment and National Resources – Cordillera Administrative Region (DENR-CAR) on the status of forest conversion at Mt. Pulag National Park, it was revealed that parts of […]
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September 28, 2011
AS ANOTHER TROPICAL STORM IS SET TO ENTER THE COUNTRY JUST DAYS AFTER TYPHOON PEDRING LASHED LUZON, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY CALLED FOR NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO BRING DISASTER PREPAREDNESS TO AN EVEN HEIGHTENED LEVEL AND AIM TO HAVE NO CASUALTIES FOR THE SUCCEEDING TYPHOONS.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, noted the damages and casualties left by Typhoon Pedring.
Based on the latest situation report of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), […]
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September 27, 2011
AS A COUNTRY THAT IS OFTEN VISITED BY TYPHOONS, THE PHILIPPINES SHOULD NOW BE READY AND ALWAYS ALERT WHENEVER TROPICAL CYCLONES, SUCH AS PEDRING, ARRIVE, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY SAID.
“Tropical storms are not new to us. We have been experiencing these natural hazards for as long as anyone can remember. By now, every government agency and every citizen of this country should know what to do when we are expecting typhoons,” Legarda stressed.
The Chair of the Senate Committee […]
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September 25, 2011
THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY RENEWED HER CALL ON THE GOVERNMENT TO FULLY IMPLEMENT REPUBLIC ACT 9003 OR THE ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2000 TO ONCE AND FOR ALL STOP DISASTERS LIKE THE IRISAN TRASHSLIDE IN BAGUIO CITY FROM HAPPENING.
The Irisan trashslide left three dead and one missing at the height of Typhoon Mina which lashed Northern Luzon last week.
“There is a clear violation of the Solid Waste […]
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September 24, 2011
ALARMED BY THE CONCERN OF AN ATA OF NEGROS ORIENTAL ON ANCESTRAL LAND CLAIMS WHICH OVERLAP WITH PREVIOUSLY-ISSUED CERTIFICATES OF LAND OWNERSHIP AWARD (CLOAS) BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM (DAR), SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA STRESSED THE NEED FOR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (NCIP) TO ENSURE THAT THEIR PROGRAMS REACH THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (IPS) AND DO NOT PERPETUATE THEIR LONG HISTORY OF MARGINALIZATION.
In an open forum at the two-day (September 23-24) Visayas […]
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