Pagbubukas ng Aklan Piña Handloom Weaving Exhibit

February 6, 2024

MENSAHE
SEN. LOREN LEGARDA
PANGULONG PRO TEMPORE NG SENADO NG PILIPINAS
Pagbubukas ng Aklan Piña Handloom Weaving Exhibit sa Senado
6 Pebrero 2024 | (2:00 N.H.)
​Naging mabunga ang taong 2023 pagdating sa kultura at sining ng Pilipinas na masasalamin sa mga naisakatuparan na gawain. Nagtapos ito sa pagkakatala ng Aklan Piña Handloom Weaving sa Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ng United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization o UNESCO noong ika-anim (6) ng Disyembre.
​Ang tagumpay na […]

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Opening Ceremony of ‘KatHABI: Textile Innovation Exhibit’

February 6, 2024

Message of Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda
Opening Ceremony
KatHABI: Textile Innovation Exhibit
06 February 2024
Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, and esteemed advocates for sustainable innovation in the textile industry.
I stand before you today as we commemorate a significant milestone in the Philippine textile industry. In celebration of National Arts Month, the partnership between the DOST-Philippine Textile Research Institute and my Office has led to the creation of the KatHABI Textile Innovation Exhibit, a platform that showcases groundbreaking developments […]

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Legarda brings back Bayong-All-You-Can in Senate, hopes to help distressed farmers through rescue buys

February 1, 2024

Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda once again brought back the Bayong-All-You-Can to the Senate and distributed 2.5 tons of rescue produce through Rural Rising Philippines, a non-profit organization founded by spouses Ace and Andie Estrada from Baguio City.
Among the crops distributed for this year’s BAYC are upo, yellow corn, eggplant, cucumber, sugar beets, white onions, papaya, carrots, radish, wombok, dippig, tumok, puso ng saging, white and red sweet potato, cauliflower, and cabbage, which all came from Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, […]

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Legarda lauds PH participation at Ambiente trade show in Germany

January 29, 2024

Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda lauded DESIGNPhilippines as a beautiful way to highlight Filipino artisanship and creativity as it opened its exhibit at the leading European trade show Ambiente in Messe Frankfurt, Germany, on January 26.
Legarda, regarded as a legislative champion of Filipino craftsmanship, supported the endeavor anew.
“We wish success to the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM), an attached corporation of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), as the biggest delegation of the country has […]

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Legarda urges Filipinos to embody the legacy of the First PH Republic

January 25, 2024

As the country commemorated the 125th Anniversary of the First Philippine Republic on January 23, 2024, Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda emphasized the importance of upholding the idealism of this historic event that helped change the country’s progress after more than a century, urging Filipinos to look at it as a burning and undying symbol of democracy across the nation.
In her privilege speech on January 24, Legarda underscored the commemoration as a way to relive the lessons of the […]

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