Investing in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response Capabilities

June 22, 2012

SMX Convention Center, Pasay City;According to the Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), there were 302 disasters from natural hazards worldwide, and 33 of them occurred in the Philippines. These disasters from natural hazards cost the Philippines 26 billion pesos in damages and displaced a record 15.3 million people.

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No Longer Servants, But Workers: ILO Convention 189

June 6, 2012

Senate Session Hall;I rise on a matter of personal privilege to underscore my personal commitment as your Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to push for the ratification of the ILO Convention 189 otherwise known asDecent Work for Domestic Workers’ Convention.

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