June 16, 2011
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA WELCOMED THE LAUNCHING OF THE NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM (NREP), CITING THE CRUCIAL ROLE PLAYED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY DURING THE POWER CRISIS IN THE 1990S.
“It is about time we take a consistent and deliberate effort to develop our own energy resources in ways that we can guarantee to future generations of Filipinos a legacy of clean, reliable, and affordable energy,” Legarda said.
The Senator noted that geothermal energy and hydropower helped augment the country’s power requirements […]
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June 15, 2011
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY CALLED ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUS) ALL OVER THE NATION TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT IN THE CRUSADE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE COUNTRY’S MARINE RESOURCES.
Legarda made the call as she expressed alarm over several occurrences of marine life exploitation such as the destruction of approximately 7,000 hectares of sea bed within the Moro Gulf and the Sulu Sea, and the brutal killing of a “butanding” or whale shark in Antique.
The Senator urged LGUs […]
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June 14, 2011
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY SAID THAT CLAIMANTS TO THE SPRATLY ISLANDS MUST CONTINUE THEIR ADHERENCE AND RESPECT THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE DECLARATION ON THE CONDUCT OF PARTIES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA (DOC) TO ENSURE PLEASANT RELATIONSHIPS AMONG NATIONS.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, explained that based on the DOC, should there be any territorial and jurisdictional disputes among the state claimants to the Spratlys, these concerns must be resolved in a peaceful manner, without resorting […]
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June 12, 2011
“AS THE NATION CELEBRATES ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE FROM COLONIAL RULE, FILIPINOS MUST NOW WORK HAND-IN-HAND TO LIBERATE EACH AND EVERY CITIZEN AND THE WHOLE COUNTRY FROM THE CHRONIC CYCLE OF DISASTER VULNERABILITY AND POVERTY.”
Senator Loren Legarda made the statement as a challenge to every Filipino that the fight for freedom is not over yet.
Legarda said that while the Philippines is now a sovereign nation, the country is yet to free itself and its people from […]
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June 11, 2011
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA URGED LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUS) TO INTEGRATE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION (DRR) AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION (CCA) TOOLS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS TO ENSURE THAT PROGRESS WILL NOT BE STUNTED DUE TO WEATHER-RELATED OCCURRENCES.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, noted that the United Nations’ 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction showed that globally more people are protected from disasters, but the loss in economic assets have risen due […]
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