July 21, 2010
SEN. LOREN LEGARDA SAID THE ROOT OF OUR WATER CRISIS IS THE DETERIORATION OF THE COUNTRY’S FOREST AREAS.
Legarda stressed that “Under nature’s order of things, watershed areas store water for release into the water receptacles during the dry months, ensuring a continuity of water supply. Yet most of the proclaimed watershed areas have been classified as deteriorating or dying. We lose 1.4 per cent of our forest cover a year.”
“Watershed reforestation must be given priority to augment the […]
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July 20, 2010
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY PROPOSED FOR THE CREATION OF A SPECIAL HOSPITAL CALLED THE “MIGRANT WORKERS HOSPITAL” EXCLUSIVELY FOR OUR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, WHICH SHALL BE UNDER THE SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA).
“It is a reality that a substantial number of our OFWs are subjected to abuse, exploitation, and discrimination and return home with poor health conditions. Statistics show that 42% of all repatriated OFWs return to our country needing medical […]
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July 19, 2010
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY SAID SHE IS FILING A SENATE RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING REMEDIAL MEASURES TO PREVENT WATER STRESS AGGRAVATED BY CLIMATE CHANGE SUCH AS WHAT IS ALARMINGLY HAPPENING AT ANGAT DAM WHOSE WATERS CONTINUE TO RECEDE DESPITE THE RAINS BROUGHT BY TYPHOON BASYANG FORCING THE MAYNILAD WATER SERVICES TO CUT ITS JULY SUPPLY BY 30%.
“The Angat Dam supplies 97% of the domestic water needs in Metro-Manila and is also the source of irrigation for 27,000 hectares of agricultural land […]
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July 18, 2010
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA, THROUGH THE FILING OF SENATE BILL NO. 7, STRONGLY RECOMMENDED PEGGING THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR HOUSEHOLD HELPERS TO P4,000 AND REQUIRING ALL HOUSEHOLD WORKING ARRANGEMENTS BE IN WRITING IN A LANGUAGE OR DIALECT UNDERSTOOD BY BOTH THE EMPLOYER AND HOUSEHOLD HELPERS.
Raised by her Nanay Fely, whom she has always considered as family, the Senator stated that she filed this bill, “to acknowledge the inherent dignity and nobility of the work of our household helpers or our […]
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July 17, 2010
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY SAID THE DREDGING OF THE 90,000 HECTARE LAGUNA LAKE ALONG WITH ITS SURROUNDING TRIBUTARIES IS THE MAIN CAUSE FOR THE MASSIVE FLOODING IN LAGUNA, HER HOME PROVINCE.
“Environmental science and agricultural engineering experts have been apprehensive about the consequences of dredging in Laguna Lake. ”
Legarda cited that dredging will dissolve the heavy metals present in the lake which are harmful to humans and can even be cancerous like mercury, cadmium and lead that will be […]
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