August 6, 2012
“HAZING HAS LAID CLAIM TO MANY LIVES, AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO UNLESS WE TAKE CONCERTED ACTION,” SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA SAID TODAY IN A PRIVILEGE SPEECH WHERE SHE CALLED TO AMEND RA 8049 OR THE ANTI-HAZING LAW.
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August 5, 2012
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA HAILED THE SENATE’S RECENT APPROVAL ON SECOND READING OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO) CONVENTION 189, THE CONVENTION CONCERNING DECENT WORK FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS.
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August 3, 2012
“What kind of upbringing leads these young people to have the cruelty to kill a friend in an initiation rite? What kind of environment breeds such reprehensible behavior? And what are we doing to put an end to this?”
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August 1, 2012
“The Philippines is famed for the quality and competitiveness of its seafarers. Filipinos account for an estimated 30% of the 1.2 million seafarers in the global shipping fleet today. In 2011 alone, the country deployed 343,587 seafarers – a number that ushered in $4.3 billion in remittances,”
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July 31, 2012
THE THIRD LECTURE OF THE SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA (SLL) LECTURE SERIES ON PHILIPPINE TRADITIONAL TEXTILES AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM TODAY EXPLORED THE UNIQUE TEXTILES OF DAVAO’S BAGOBO TAGABAWA.
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