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Now that the President has acceded to the Paris Agreement on climate change, Senator Loren Legarda stressed the importance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change and UN Global Champion for Resilience, said that in President Rodrigo Duterte’s letter to the Senate with the Instrument of Accession, […]
The House committee on natural resources chaired by Rep. Carlos Isagani T. Zarate (Party-list, Bayan Muna) has approved proposals to declare North Cotabato and Cagayan de Oro City as mining-free zones and to declare as closed to mining applications those areas in the country which have been declared by local government units (LGUs) as […]
Sen. Cynthia Villar opened an exhibit featuring the seven Philippine sites which are declared Wetlands of International Importance by the Ramsar Convention. Villar said the exhibit, called Wetland Wonders of the Philippines, was mounted at the second floor of the Senate “to highlight the importance of wetlands and why we all advocate for its conservation.” […]
Senator Loren Legarda has filed a measure that would ensure that loans or related funding applications in both public and private lending institutions are in compliance with the country’s environment laws. In filing Senate Bill No. 436, Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committees on Finance and Climate Change, said that she proposes the establishment of […]
Fatalities from dengue can be avoided with early detection, which is why even a fever should not be ignored–especially when young children are involved. “Children have the highest case fatality rate (CFR) for dengue, at close to 1%,” stressed Medgate Philippines Chief Executive Officer Robert Parker, who added that this is more than double the […]