October 3, 2025
Senator Loren Legarda was conferred an honorary degree of Doctor of Education, Major in Educational Management, Honoris Causa, by Nueva Vizcaya State University on October 3, 2025, in recognition of her decades-long commitment to education reform and national transformation.
This marks the third honorary doctorate conferred upon Legarda by leading state universities. In 2018, the University of the Philippines awarded her the Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, in recognition of her service as a lawmaker, journalist, and advocate for social justice, […]
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September 30, 2025
Senator Loren Legarda called for stronger innovation and reform across state universities and colleges (SUCs) as she joined the 1403rd Meeting of the University of the Philippines (UP) Board of Regents (BOR) at Quezon Hall, UP Diliman.
Legarda sits as a member of the UP BOR by virtue of her position as Chair of the Senate Committee on Higher, Technical, and Vocational Education, a role that places her directly in higher education policymaking and governance.
At the meeting, one of the agenda […]
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September 30, 2025
Within this hall, fragments of memory are waiting to start a conversation, woven baskets that used to hold not only grain, but the sound of harvest laughter; textiles marked by the touch of tradition and passed down through generations; fishing gear still breathing stories of salty breeze and mornings spent chasing the wild promise of the sea.
How often do we walk past things like this without realizing how much they shape our lives?
In this exhibition, necessity and imagination come together. […]
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September 29, 2025
Senator Loren Legarda, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Culture and the Arts, renewed her call for urgent passage of the Aklan Piña Conservation and Innovation Act during her sponsorship speech at the plenary on September 29, 2025.
Legarda, the principal author of the measure, stated that the bill will ensure lasting support for Aklan’s centuries-old piña weaving tradition, which UNESCO inscribed in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on December 2023.
“In the Philippines, weaving is not […]
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September 29, 2025
Mr. President, distinguished colleagues:
In the Philippines, weaving is not just a craft. It is a living thread that binds our identity, tells our stories, and breathes life into our communities.
Among the many weaving traditions that give color and dignity to our heritage, the weaving of piña has been recognized as the “Mother of all Philippine Textiles” and the “Queen of Philippine Handwoven Textiles.”
From the delicate extraction of fibers from the inner leaves of the red Spanish pineapple or pinya bisaya, […]
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