Senate Agriculture and Food Committee Chairperson Loren Legarda asked the Department of Agriculture (DA) for updates on the progress of the installation of rainwater harvesting systems in typhoon and flood prone agricultural areas in the country. The lady senator said that she expects acceptable climate change adaptation and risk reduction measures have been put in [...]

NP-NPC-LDP vice presidential bet Loren Legarda told the Department of Agriculture (DA) to consult the farmers and fisherfolk on what they need this El Nino season and not just give them anything that they do not really need or not their priority.
Reacting to the comments of farmers that the Department through the local government units [...]

NP-NPC-LDP vice presidential bet Loren Legarda today challenged all candidates running for national positions to tackle climate change, “an issue that is no longer the abstract, unintelligible concept that it was before. Climate change is real. You can see it in the daily struggles of the poor today.”
Legarda, the only candidate carrying environmental issues in [...]

Campaigning yesterday in Cabanatuan, NP-NPC-LDP vice presidential bet Loren Legarda called for extensive consultation in the agriculture, climate change and health committees of the Senate, all of which she chairs, in order to address food security and health issues.
Legarda seeks to put an end to the heavy importation of rice and vegetables, which kills the [...]

NP-NPC-LDP vice presidential candidate Loren Legarda warned that the next administration’s biggest challenge would be a food crisis, and urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to immediately implement measures, including the release of funds, to counter the devastation of El Nino on the country’s  agriculture and fisheries sector.
“Unless we lay down a strategic plan and [...]

Senator Loren Legarda, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture said that the amended Agri-Agra Law or Republic Act 10000 would improve the mechanisms to deliver credit to the agricultural sector and to agrarian reform beneficiaries. The Agri-Agra Reform Credit Act of 2009, a consolidation of Senate Bill 3431, with Legarda as one of the [...]

“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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]