February 20, 2010
THE CHEAPER MEDICINES LAW IS JUST A PIECE OF USELESS PAPER, AT LEAST FOR THE POOR FOR WHOM IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN ENACTED.
Nacionalista Party vice presidential candidate Loren Legarda saw this for herself during her campaign trip to Cebu on Friday.
“I talked to Emilia Pumawan at the Carbon Market in Cebu City,” Legarda recalled on her return to Manila on Saturday from her Visayas campaign with running mate Manny Villar. “She’s 76 and said: ‘Hindi totoo […]
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February 20, 2010
AFTER MEETING WITH ENVIRONMENT AND WEATHER EXPERTS, SEN. LOREN LEGARDA URGED CONGRESS TO ENACT A TOTAL LOG BAN FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS TO SAVE THE COUNTRY FROM THE EFFECTS OF NATURAL CALAMITIES. LOREN SEEKS TO PROHIBIT LOGGING OPERATIONS OF ANY KIND IN ANY FOREST, TIMBER LAND, FOREST RESERVE OR WATERSHED THROUGH SENATE BILL 73.
“We have already seen the adverse effects of denuded forest lands to local and indigenous communities. We experienced tragic incidents of landslides and the worst […]
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February 19, 2010
THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO REHABILITATE THE COUNTRY’S IRRIGATION SYSTEM TO FIGHT AN IMPENDING DROUGHT CAUSED BY EL NIÑO, ACCORDING TO NACIONALISTA PARTY VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA, WHO AIMS TO BE A “GREEN VP.”
Legarda made the proposal in answer to a reporter’s question at a press conference on Thursday morning at the Hotel del Rio in Iloilo City.
But does the country have funds for that?
“Yes, CONGRESS PASSED THE CALAMITY FUND, A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET IN 2009 IN THE […]
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February 19, 2010
NACIONALISTA PARTY VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA DARED HER OPPONENTS TO BE MEN ENOUGH TO REFRAIN FROM MUDSLINGING AND INSTEAD FOCUS ON THE ISSUES, SUCH AS EL NIÑO, WHICH THREATENS TO CAUSE DROUGHT THAT WOULD CUT THE COUNTRY’S FOOD SUPPLY.
“We need a Villar presidency because we need a builder, not a destroyer,” she told reporters at a press conference on Thursday morning at the Hotel del Rio in Iloilo City. “But his opponent, walang ginawa kundi manira (all he […]
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February 19, 2010
LOREN LEGARDA, CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD, TODAY CALLED FOR THE CRAFTING AND ADOPTION OF A LONG-TERMCOMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR EL NIÑO MITIGATION SAYING THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO THE COUNTRY’S SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING.
“This long-term plan should include measures that are integrated in regular government programs directed to various sectors of the society,” Loren stressed.
Loren, who also chairs the Senate oversight committee on climate change, explained that El Niño, a quasi-periodic climatic event that […]
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