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Senator Cynthia Villar welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s enactment into law of her five measures, declaring Mt. Pulag and four other sites in the country as protected areas (PAs). Villar thanked the President for signing Republic Acts (RAs) 11684, 11685, 11686, 11687, and 11688, which added Mt. Arayat in Pampanga, Mt. Pulag in Benguet, Naga-Kabasalan in […]
A measure seeking to declare a portion of Philippine Rise as a protected area has hurdled committee level at the House of Representatives. The House Committee on Natural Resources chaired by Cavite Representative Elpidio Barzaga Jr., approved the unnumbered substitute bill to House Bill 36, which would declare a portion of the Philippine Rise situated […]
Senator Loren Legarda today joined calls to protect our species, which is the theme of this year’s Earth Day celebration (April 22). Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change and UNISDR (United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction) Global Champion for Resilience said stronger biodiversity protection efforts must be put in place to […]