As a symbol of welcoming the new administration, Senator Loren Legarda’s outfit for President Rodrigo Duterte’s first State of the Nation Address reflects simplicity and has cultural significance to Mindanao where the President hails from.
Legarda will wear a fuschia coat in silk with okir-inspired embroidery pattern. The okir is an indigenous design that is distinctly Maranao.
Read MoreFor the opening of the 17th Congress at the Senate in the morning, Senator Loren Legarda wears a cotton chambray coat with intricate embroidery of T’boli traditional patterns embroidered by T’bolis from Barangay Seloton, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato. She is also wearing shoes made from Marikina.
Read MoreSenator Loren Legarda has filed anew the proposed Freedom of Information (FOI) Act even as President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an Executive Order (EO) that will provide the public full access to documents pertaining to government projects and related matters.
Read MoreSenator Loren Legarda has filed a bill that seeks to provide more benefits and greater protection to teachers and non-teaching personnel in all levels of public and private schools, and state universities and colleges.
Senate Bill No. 36, known as the “Integrated Magna Carta of Teachers and Non-Teaching Personnel”, strengthens and amends certain provisions of Republic Act No. 4670 or the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers, which was passed into law 50 years ago.
Read MoreSenator Loren Legarda today called on the international community, the government and the public to strengthen collective and individual action in coping with and addressing the impacts of climate change.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change and UNISDR Global Champion for Resilience, made the call during the Conversations Among Thought Leaders forum organized by the Brahma Kumaris Philippines Spiritual Foundation, Inc. with the theme “Building Resilience in Turbulent Times”.
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