February 24, 2026
Senator Loren Legarda, Co-Chair of the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II), sponsored Senate Bill No. 1894 before the plenary on February 24 to strengthen Republic Act No. 10931 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, introducing reforms to ensure equity, accountability, and sustained support for the poorest Filipino students.
“We are a nation that tells its children: Ang edukasyon ang pinakadakilang daan tungo sa pagkakapantay pantay,” Legarda said, underscoring that education must remain the country’s most powerful […]
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February 24, 2026
Mr. President, esteemed colleagues:
It is my distinct privilege to sponsor Senate Bill No. 1894, a measure that strengthens Republic Act No. 10931, otherwise known as the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act.
We are a nation that tells its children: Ang edukasyon ang pinakadakilang daan tungo sa pagkakapantay-pantay.
When we enacted this landmark law in 2017, we believed with full conviction that we were building the most consequential social investment of our generation. We were reaching into the lives of the […]
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February 24, 2026
Senator Loren Legarda, the first woman to chair the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification, and Reconciliation, convened a hearing on February 24 to drive urgent reforms in the country’s defense institutions.
“Times are changing, and our defense institutions must be able to keep pace. The threats we face today are no longer confined to land and sea, but now include cyber intrusions, disinformation operations, and other ‘gray zone’ tactics that test our cohesion and national resolve,” Legarda […]
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February 19, 2026
Senator Loren Legarda underscored the urgency of protecting municipal waters and small fisherfolk during the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform hearing on February 18, citing the Mercidar Fishing Corp. case as a turning point that weakened safeguards for millions of fisherfolk.
She stressed that the government’s lapses in timely response led to a Supreme Court ruling that struck down provisions reserving municipal waters for small-scale fisherfolk, not on the merits of the Fisheries Code but due to procedural […]
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February 19, 2026
Senator Loren Legarda has introduced a bill aimed at enhancing heritage protection by granting incentive mechanisms to privately owned heritage buildings and ancestral houses.
Senate Bill No. 1852, or the “Strengthening the Conservation and Protection of Philippine Cultural Heritage Through Heritage Incentives,” aims to amend the National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009 by extending tax relief and credit benefits to private owners of cultural and heritage buildings to address the high cost of conservation, restoration, and maintenance, which are key factors […]
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