November 27, 2010
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT THE “MANILA CALL FOR ACTION 2010” HAS BEEN FORGED BY THE TEN PARTICIPATING NATIONS DURING THE CONSULTATIVE MEETING FOR PARLIAMENTARIANS ON ‘DISASTER RISK REDUCTION: AN INSTRUMENT FOR ACHIEVING THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS’.
At the closing ceremonies, Senator Legarda, the United Nation’s Asia-Pacific Regional Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation said that parliamentarians from the ten nations will go back to their respective countries committed to undertake several concrete actions towards disaster-resilient […]
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November 26, 2010
FOLLOWING HER PROPOSAL TO ALLOCATE AT LEAST ONE PERCENT OF THE NATIONAL BUDGET FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WOULD COMMIT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF HER 2011 PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND (PDAF) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF “GREEN SCHOOLS”.
Legarda, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, said she wants to give priority to addressing the long-standing problem of lack of classrooms and school buildings and to ensure that these infrastructures are safe and disaster-resilient.
“We […]
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November 25, 2010
THE UNITED NATION’S ASIA-PACIFIC REGIONAL CHAMPION FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA, TODAY WELCOMES LEGISLATORS, OFFICIALS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM NINE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN ASIA FOR A THREE-DAY CONSULTATIVE MEETING FOR ASIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS WITH A THEME, “DISASTER RISK REDUCTION: AN INSTRUMENT FOR ACHIEVING THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDG).”
Legislators from the Philippines, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, and Nepal will join Legarda in the conference, which was organized in cooperation with the United Nations […]
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November 22, 2010
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA IN A PRIVILEGE SPEECH ANNOUNCED THAT LEADERS FROM ALL OVER ASIA, PARTICULARLY FROM AFGHANISTAN, BANGLADESH, CAMBODIA, INDIA, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, MALDIVES, NEPAL AND THAILAND, ARE EN ROUTE TO MANILA FOR A CONSULTATIVE MEETING FOR ASIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, WHICH WILL BE HELD FROM NOVEMBER 25 TO 27.
“This is a prelude to the Asia Leader’s Summit in Manila next year which I will again jointly organize with the United Nations.”
The Chair of the Senate Committees […]
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November 21, 2010
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA RENEWED HER CALL FOR THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO CHANGE THE WAY ECONOMIC GROWTH IS MEASURED, AMID INCREASING INTEREST AMONG COUNTRIES, SUCH AS THE UNITED KINGDOM AND FRANCE, TO INSTITUTE A “HAPPINESS INDEX” IN MEASURING A COUNTRY’S GROWTH.
“Along with the gross domestic product and other traditional economic yardsticks, it is equally important for us to know whether our economic activities make our people in the environment they live in healthier, educated and better acquainted to their cultural […]
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