April 16, 2011
AS THE DEATH TOLL RISES FROM THE CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN PALAWAN, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA URGED THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) TO ACT SWIFTLY BY INTENSIFYING EFFECTIVE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE, CONTROL AND PREVENTION MEASURES.
Legarda, Chair of the Committee on Cultural Communities, lamented that majority of those affected were children from the indigenous group of the Palaw-an.
“Cholera is a disease that is preventable and can easily be treated. It did not have to lead to the morbidity of a significant number […]
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April 15, 2011
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA CALLED ON YOUNG FILIPINOS TO BECOME HEROES OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND HAVE A PRODUCTIVE AND GREEN SUMMER BY GETTING INVOLVED IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION.
“Our youth leaders, especially the Sangguniang Kabataan, can organize programs such as tree-growing activities in parks and in other suitable places in the barangay, growing vegetable gardens, clean-up and recycling drives, and establishing green brigades in their communities. Teenagers can teach younger kids how to grow vegetables and trees in […]
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April 14, 2011
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA, CHAIR OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE, URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT A TOTAL PLASTIC BAG BAN EVEN BEFORE THE PROPOSED MEASURE IS ENACTED INTO LAW.
Legarda said that the national government can set an example by prohibiting the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags in their respective offices, while local government units (LGUs) can start by creating their own laws and ordinances in their respective jurisdictions.
“As servants of the Filipino people, we should set an […]
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April 13, 2011
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF STRENGTHENING THE PROTECTION OF THE LOW-INCOME SECTOR AGAINST DISASTERS AS SHE EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE PROMOTION OF MICROINSURANCE IN THE COUNTRY.
Legarda, Chair of the Committee on Climate Change, said that when disasters strike, it is the poor that is most affected since they have less resources to bounce back and recover from their losses.
“Disasters drive the poor deeper into poverty. It is the poor that languish in evacuation centers after […]
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April 12, 2011
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY SAID IT IS ABOUT TIME THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) INITIATE AND PURSUE THE CONVENING OF THE JOINT COMMISSION MEETING (JCM) WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA (KSA) TO DISCUSS VARIOUS MATTERS AFFECTING OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFW).
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, filed Senate Resolution 443, which calls for the convening of the PHL-KSA JCM as it is necessary to address the concerns of OFWs in Saudi […]
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