August 26, 2014
Privilege Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
on Earthquake Preparedness
26 August 2014 – Senate Session Hall
Over the weekend, earthquakes registering between 6 and 6.9 magnitude jolted central Chile, northern California and southern Peru.
The extent of the damage in Chile and Peru is not yet clear, but in California, affected communities have injured citizens and damaged structures, including historic buildings. The quake triggered at least six major fires, downed power lines, broke water mains and caused gas leaks.[1]
As we hope for the immediate recovery of the […]
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July 31, 2014
“Climate Change: Boon or Bane to Consumers and Businesses?”
Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
General Membership Meeting of the
Philippine Association of National Advertisers
July 31, 2014 – Hard Rock Café, Glorietta 3, Makati City
It is with great pleasure that I take part in this gathering to encourage the private sector to take a more active role in finding solutions to the growing social, economic and development challenges caused by disasters arising from natural hazards made stronger […]
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June 7, 2014
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA
Opening Keynote Address
IRDR Conference 2014
From Knowledge to Practice: Building Back Stronger After Haiyan with the Aid of Science
7 June 2014 – Beijing, China
First of all, I congratulate the organizers of this year’s IRDR Conference. Thank you for the warm hospitality and the excellent arrangements.
Future cities are not built after our time. We start building them today. Communities, fifty years from now, will look different and people will live differently. Their realities will not be defined in their time, […]
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June 5, 2014
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA
“Role of Women in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management”
ASEM Manila Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
5 June 2014 – Manila
Women: Leaders of Change for Resilience
First of all, I wish to extend my thanks to the ASEM leadership for this opportunity to share our country’s experiences on the role of women in disaster risk reduction and management.
More women perish
As disaster risks abound amid our fast changing environment, disasters affect yearly about 200 million people all over the world, half […]
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May 26, 2014
Privilege Speech: Report on the 23rd World Economic Forum on East Asia
26 May 2014 – Senate Session Hall
Mr. President,
I have the honor to report to this chamber key issues discussed during the 23rd World Economic Forum on East Asia, particularly the session on Designing Solutions for Climate and Resource Risks where I was a panelist and discussion leader.
The Philippine hosting of WEF gave us the opportunity to tell the region and the world that we are back in business and that despite the calamities and […]
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