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Loren: Poverty to deepen if El Niño not addressed

Posted on Mar 7th, 2010 • Category: Press Release

NP-NPC-LDP vice presidential  bet Loren Legarda, who campaigns in Mindanao this week, concurred with a study that El Niño will likely send millions into poverty or deeper into poverty this year.
Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) Director Dr. Arsenio Balisacan said that even if the 2009 poverty statistics do [...]



Despite El Niño drought, Mindanao power crisis could have been avoided – Loren

Posted on Mar 5th, 2010 • Category: Press Release

“It’s becoming more obvious now. Even with the drought caused by El Niño, the power crisis in Mindanao could have been avoided if only the Arroyo administration had not ignored the needs of the region,” NP-NPC-LDP vice presidential candidate Loren Legarda said on Friday during a break in her campaigning in Mait, Davao Oriental.
Legarda issued [...]



Loren renews call for disaster preparedness after Taiwan quake

Posted on Mar 5th, 2010 • Category: Press Release

After a 6.4 magnitude earthquake rocked Southern Taiwan yesterday, NP-NPC-LDP vice presidential candidate Loren Legarda today reiterated her call for government and the NDCC to beef up its disaster-preparedness and response systems.
“First, it was Haiti, then Chile. And now the danger hits closer to our shores, with Taiwan being hit by a strong earthquake. Let’s [...]



Loren wants task force to investigate whether El Niño really affected hydro power plant

Posted on Mar 5th, 2010 • Category: Press Release

Senator Loren Legarda called on the Presidential El Nino Task Force to investigate and make a truthful assessment whether the El Nino phenomenon really affected the power generation of hydroelectric plants even as she pushed for more participation by private sector in energy generation, particularly in Mindanao.
Loren had expressed doubts whether the El Nino phenomenon [...]



Gov’t could have foreseen Mindanao power crisis 10 years ago - Loren

Posted on Mar 5th, 2010 • Category: Press Release

“El Niño seems to be a most convenient scapegoat and whipping boy of the Arroyo administration to cover up for its lack of foresight, which resulted in the current power crisis in Mindanao,” NP-NPC-LDP vice presidential candidate Loren Legarda said on Thursday during a break in her campaign sortie in Davao City.
Legarda was reacting to [...]



I made sure the 2010 Agriculture Budget is a climate change-friendly budget — Loren

Posted on Mar 5th, 2010 • Category: Press Release

Asked what she thought about PGMA’s distribution of farm inputs and irrigation equipment in response to El Nino, Senator Loren Legarda, Senate chair of the Committee on Agriculture said, “I made sure that the 2010 budget is climate-change responsive. Then DA Secretary Arthur Yap and newly appointed Secretary Bernie Fondevilla—knowing my chief concern after Ondoy [...]



Climate change more than a political campaign issue – Loren

Posted on Mar 3rd, 2010 • Category: Press Release

“Climate change and its effects are not just campaign issues that every candidate pay lip service to,” NP-NPC-LDP vice presidential candidate Loren Legarda said on Wednesday. “The next administration will have to actually do something about it. And that’s a big challenge.”
Legarda, who’s in Mindanao with running-mate Manny Villar, said campaign sorties proved to be [...]



El Niño brownouts threatening progress in Caraga – Loren

Posted on Mar 2nd, 2010 • Category: Press Release

SURIGAO CITY - El Niño has threatened to slow down the progress of Surigao City, an otherwise fast developing trade and industry hub in the Caraga region, with four-hour daily brownouts caused by the low-water level at Maria Cristina Falls, the region’s source of hydroelectric power.
“Unless the Arroyo administration does something about [...]



Loren calls for environmental protection at Panagbenga

Posted on Mar 2nd, 2010 • Category: Press Release

In the yearly flower festival in Baguio this weekend, the only environmental advocate running for the vice presidency Loren Legarda reminded participants of the Panagbenga Festival about the responsibility of taking care of the environment so we can continue enjoying the beauty of nature.
“The Panagbenga Flower festival is a celebration of the beauty of nature, [...]



Loren to NDCC: Stable calamity-response imperative to RP

Posted on Mar 2nd, 2010 • Category: Press Release

NP-NPC-LDP vice presidential candidate Loren Legarda today urged government and the NDCC to beef up its disaster-preparedness and response systems, and warned Filipinos to be always prepared for natural calamities.
“Let’s not wait for the next disaster to strike our shores. We’ve seen enough, let’s do more to prepare. It’s not enough that we have capable [...]