June 22, 2010
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA HAILS THE COMPLETION OF THE IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATION (IRR) FOR THE RECENTLY PASSED EXPANDED SENIOR CITIZEN LAW.
With the IRR now in place and disseminated, Legarda hopes that concerned establishments would comply with the mandate of the law to give senior citizens the full 20 percent discount on goods and services on top of other benefits, as a result of being exempt from the expanded value tax (EVAT).
Legarda says, “It is a time-honored Filipino practice […]
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June 10, 2010
SENATE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON LOREN LEGARDA ASKED THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (DA) FOR UPDATES ON THE PROGRESS OF THE INSTALLATION OF RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS IN TYPHOON AND FLOOD PRONE AGRICULTURAL AREAS IN THE COUNTRY. THE LADY SENATOR SAID THAT SHE EXPECTS ACCEPTABLE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND RISK REDUCTION MEASURES HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE FOR THE PAST SEMESTER BY CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SO THAT WE WILL NOT EXPERIENCE THE SAME DEVASTATION WE HAD ALL OVER THE COUNTRY LAST […]
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May 8, 2010
NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL BET SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA CELEBRATES MOTHER’S DAY WITH BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS, URGING THEM TO CONTINUE PROVIDING FRONTLINE HEALTH SERVICES IN BARANGAYS, ESPECIALLY FOR MOTHERS, WOULD-BE MOTHERS AND CHILDREN.
“Binabati ko po ang lahat ng mga nanay, para sa atin po ang araw na ito. Tayo po ang gabay at tanglaw ng ating pamilya. Malaki po ang nakasalalay sa atin, ang kinabukasan at kapakanan ng ating mg anak,” Loren said.
“Ngunit ang nakakalungkot po, sa araw na ito […]
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May 7, 2010
CAMPAIGNING YESTERDAY IN LUCENA CITY, NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA GOT THE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT OF LOCAL LEADERS, YOUTH, WOMEN, HEALTH WORKERS AND ELDERLY, PROVING ONCE MORE HER STRONG GRASSROOTS SUPPORT.
“I am heartened by the continued show of support. This is the real survey – the people we meet on the ground who have shown overwhelming support to my candidacy,” Legarda said.
She added that her supporters are those who are in the far-flung areas who are not surveyed […]
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May 7, 2010
SECTORAL GROUPS AND SUPPORTERS EAGERLY ANTICIPATE THE VICTORY OF THE PHILIPPINES’S FIRST EVER GREEN VICE PRESIDENT LOREN LEGARDA, AND PLEDGE THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LOREN’S PLATFORM.
Loren is the only vice-presidential candidate who has transcended partisan politics and united various sectors of the society to finish first in the vice-presidential race. Loren’s win, they say, would be the victory of environmentalists, farmers & fishers, women, health workers, the youth, senior citizens and the urban poor, the masses […]
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