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In observance of World Water Day, March 22, Senator Loren Legarda supported the global call to ensure availability and the sustainable management of water to provide for current consumption and conserve for future generations. Legarda said that this year’s celebration carries the theme “Leaving No One Behind,” which recognizes the human right entitling everyone, without […]
As an executive order aimed at addressing the country’s water supply issues is being finalized by the government, a party-list group on Wednesday urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to take an active role in ensuring that the agriculture sector will not suffer from water shortages arising from the effects of climate change. “The current […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara said government should invest more in water infrastructure and implement practical local government measures like rainwater collection to help the country cope with drought and consequent water shortages during the dry season and El Niño events. “Since droughts and water scarcity have become a more common occurrence, it is necessary that […]
Water should be a top issue this year, one that the whole government should tackle as soon as possible, said the chair of the House of Representatives agriculture committee and ANAC-IP Rep. Jose T. Panganiban, Jr. “The escalating damage to agriculture and the lack of water service in Metro Manila should alert us to the […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara wants government regulators and Congress to look into the cause of the water shortage now affecting parts of Metro Manila and Rizal province even as he called for long-term solutions to meet the country’s growing water demand. Angara expressed concern over the ongoing water service interruptions across the concession area of […]
Government should roll out an El Niño action plan in food-growing areas of the country before the drought caused by the weather phenomenon unleashes its full brunt on farmers who are also grappling with low rice and coconut prices. This was the call made by reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara, who also urged a “proactive stance” […]
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said the Agriculture Department will be installing 6,200 solar-powered irrigation systems nationwide as a short-term solution to address the effect of El Niño which has caused farm lands to dry up. “This is our short-term resolution for El Niño, to build a solar-powered irrigation system. The project has a fund of […]
Former presidential political adviser Francis Tolentino has asked the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) to declare a state of calamity that will allow it to access calamity funds for activities that will lessen the effect of El Niño. “I strongly urge that a state of calamity in the country be declared as early […]
Amid a threat of another long dry spell called the El Niño, Secretary Manny Piñol said the Department of Agriculture “will lay down this early preparatory measures to protect the Filipino farmers and fishermen from its ill-effects.” He sounded the warning after the Australian Weather Bureau warned that the Pacific Ocean could warm up […]