July 18, 2025
Senator Loren Legarda filed a bill seeking to comprehensively ban all forms of online gambling and their promotion in the Philippines.
Legarda explained that the unprecedented move from licensed casinos to smartphones has exposed the most vulnerable sectors of society to addiction, exploitation, and financial harm.
“Anybody with access to the internet could easily log on to online betting platforms, and has blurred the lines between regulation and unregulated gaming,” said Legarda.
“It has exposed the most vulnerable, such as minors, students, and […]
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July 17, 2025
Mayad nga hapon sa tanan.
Before I speak of the restoration or lecture about history, I want to speak of something we all likely relate to.
To all the parents here today, to the lolo and lola who may be sitting quietly at the back: I ask that you bring your children to places like this. Tell them your stories. Tell them where you used to sit in church, what these walls meant to you as a child, or about the time […]
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July 17, 2025
Mayad nga adlaw kaninyo nga tanan!
The old Casa Tribunal de Patnongon stood in ruins for decades. People passed by it every day without a second glance—no attention, no reverence—just another old structure slowly crumbling under the weight of time, as though it had already been lost.
But this was once the center of governance during both the Spanish and American colonial periods. And then it went on to witness the Japanese occupation and the brutalities of war, where many of our […]
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July 17, 2025
Senator Loren Legarda emphasized the importance of preserving pieces of Filipino heritage, such as historical sites, as a way to help build a resilient and self-aware nation.
Legarda led the turnover of two restored structures in Antique—the Casa Tribunal de Patnongon in Patnongon, and the San Juan de Nepomuceno Parish Church (Anini-y Church) in Anini-y on Thursday, July 17.
“Heritage is about clarity. When we understand where we came from—what we built, what we lost, what we survived—we begin to understand who […]
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July 16, 2025
How will you, as a Filipino, define culture? In this present world, I will not be surprised if many still see it as something static and ancient. But for me, culture is our lifeline.
Ang pagbibigay buhay sa kultura ay pagbibigay buhay sa bawat Pilipino. Dahil sa bawat sining at kultura na ating binibigyan ng halaga, may isang komunidad na nabibigyan ng pagkakakilanlan, ng kabuhayan, at ng dignidad.
I believe that when a community loses its culture, it also loses its soul. […]
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