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LEGARDA SPONSORS 2016 NATIONAL BUDGET: Senator Loren Legarda, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance, sponsors the proposed 2016 national budget worth P3.002 Trillion that aims to proactively address the impacts of climate change and disasters and promote inclusive and sustainable growth.

Legarda said in her sponsorship speech, “Development is good, but development without conscience destroys our communities. It cannot be development at all costs. I want to leave a legacy budget that is socially inclusive, gender sensitive, climate adaptive, attuned towards reducing disaster risks, and that mainstreams culture and heritage in every department, something that is also sensitive and responsive to the needs of the vulnerable sectors of our population.” (November 23, 2015)