October 22, 2010
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA, CHAIR OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE, TODAY CALLED FOR A REVIEW OF THE GOVERNMENT’S POLICIES AND PROGRAMS ON ADDRESSING THE VULNERABILITY OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES SECTOR TO THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
Legarda made the appeal after Typhoon Juan, which battered the northern part of Luzon, damaged an initial estimate of Php1.556 billion worth of crops, mostly corn and palay.
According to the Department of Agriculture, affected palay crops in Regions 2 and 3 […]
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October 21, 2010
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY URGED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, PARTICULARLY IN THE BARANGAY LEVEL, TO TAKE THE LEAD AND START THE REHABILITATION OF THE COUNTRY’S ECOSYSTEMS AS A WAY TO COMBAT THE DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
Legarda made the call to all local leaders as the country is set to hold on October 25 the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections.
“Whenever disasters strike, the effects and losses are always greatly felt in the local level, but sometimes invisible from a […]
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October 21, 2010
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY URGED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, PARTICULARLY IN THE BARANGAY LEVEL, TO TAKE THE LEAD AND START THE REHABILITATION OF THE COUNTRY’S ECOSYSTEMS AS A WAY TO COMBAT THE DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
Legarda made the call to all local leaders as the country is set to hold on October 25 the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections.
“Whenever disasters strike, the effects and losses are always greatly felt in the local level, but sometimes invisible from a […]
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October 20, 2010
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA, CHAIR OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE REMINDED THAT, “THE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM, TO BE EFFECTIVE, MUST TRANSLATE INTO PUBLIC ALERTNESS, PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSIVENESS. IT IS ENCOURAGING TO NOTE THAT AS TYPHOON ‘JUAN” RAGED THROUGH SIGNIFICANTLY, LESS LIVES WERE LOST COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS STORMS AND TYPHOONS BECAUSE OF HEIGHTENED PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ACTION.”
“Typhoon Juan, the strongest storm the Philippines has experienced in four years, is consistent with the trend that the Intergovernmental Panel on […]
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October 20, 2010
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY ASKED RETAILERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO ESTABLISH MECHANISMS FOR RECYCLING AND REUSING PLASTIC BAGS.
“Our urban areas are crowded with malls, supermarkets, grocery stores,palengkes, tiangges, and other sales outlets. Purchases in these stores are concluded with customers walking out of the mall or store carrying several plastic bags.”
“Some of these plastic bags are reused while others are dumped either properly or improperly. In instances where these bags are dumped improperly, they end up clogging […]
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