August 8, 2023
Senate of the Philippines
PRIVILEGE SPEECH
Senate President Pro Tempore
LOREN LEGARDA
“Taking on the Climate Change Challenge Together”
08 August 2023
Mr. Senate President, dear colleagues, my beloved fellow Filipinos:
Long before Ondoy and Yolanda, I sounded the alarm in the halls of the Senate on the dangers of climate change. Now I stand before fellow lawmakers of the 19th Congress yet again as climate change and its impacts continue to worsen and bear down heavily on us all.
Climate change is undeniably the global […]
Read More
August 7, 2023
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda supported further promoting geographical indications (GI) in the Philippines to safeguard intellectual property mechanisms as she co-authored and co-sponsored Senate Bill No. 2387, or the Protected Geographical Indications Act.
Anchored on the rules and regulations operationalized by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), the measure aims to give legislative fiat to GIs and promote the recognition and protection of the country’s valuable geographical indications.
GIs pertain to any indication that identifies a good as […]
Read More
August 7, 2023
We condemn in the highest form China Coast Guard’s (CCG’s) recent blockage, dangerous maneuvers, and use of water cannons against the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels escorting boats chartered by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on 5 August 2023. These actions are not only reckless, but they are also illegal and have endangered the lives of Filipinos.
This violates international conventions, endangering our crew at sea. We demand that the China Coast Guard respect our sovereign rights, refrain from […]
Read More
July 31, 2023
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda urged the public to consistently uphold a more profound sense of involvement in strengthening the nation’s disaster resilience amidst the impacts of climate change on the country’s environmental and economic agenda.
“We need to fight for our survival. However, time is against us. The window of opportunity to secure a livable and sustainable future for all is closing, as the world’s scientists have said. But it can be done,” Legarda conveyed, as she reiterated the […]
Read More
July 31, 2023
KEYNOTE MESSAGE OF SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA
PAGPUPUGAY SA BIDANG PILIPINO: THE 35TH NATIONAL DISASTER RESILIENCE MONTH CULMINATING ACTIVITY
31 July 2023
A warm welcome to all of you as we gather today for the culminating activity of the 35th National Disaster Resilience Month this July, “Pagpupugay sa Bidang Pilipino.” I am deeply honored to stand before you and share this momentous occasion.
We come together today not only to celebrate the resilience of the Filipino spirit, ngunit para magbigay-pugay sa bidang Pilipino—the […]
Read More
