Keynote Message: Asian Conference on Climate Change and Disaster Resilience

August 10, 2023

KEYNOTE MESSAGE OF SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE LOREN LEGARDA
ASIAN CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND DISASTER RESILIENCE (ACCCDR)
10 August 2023

To the Asian Institute of Management, our distinguished speakers, and participants from the national government agencies, local government units, private sector, local and international non-profit and non-government organizations, and the academe, good morning.

At the outset, allow me to acknowledge and recognize the significance of holding the Asian Conference on Climate Change and Disaster Resilience here in Manila.

We meet together as […]

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Pamana: Mga Hinabing Salaysay ng mga Katutubong Pilipino

August 9, 2023

MENSAHE NI SEN. LOREN LEGARDA
Pamana: Mga Hinabing Salaysay ng mga Katutubong Pilipino
Komemorasyon ng National Indigenous Peoples Day 2023
Agosto 9, 2023
 
Isang maalab na pagbati sa ating mga kapatid na katutubo sa pagdiriwang ng National Indigenous Peoples Day at sa lahat ng mga katutubo sa buong mundo sa paggunita ng International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (IPs)! Kasalukuyan nating ipinagdiriwang ang okasyong ito sa pamamagitan ng isang eksibisyon na pinamagatang “Pamana: Hinabing Salaysay ng mga Katutubong Pilipino.”
Bilang principal sponsor […]

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Legarda: Indigenous youth serve essential role in future

August 9, 2023

In commemorating National Indigenous Peoples’ Day today, Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda asserted the importance of the next generation of indigenous peoples as agents of self-determination.

Legarda, the principal sponsor of Republic Act 10689, or An Act Declaring August 9 as National Indigenous Peoples Day, said that the indigenous youth hold the key to preserving their culture.

“Amidst the threat posed by various factors such as climate change and injustice, the indigenous youth must have a voice that could be heard […]

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Privilege Speech: Taking on the Climate Change Challenge Together

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 […]

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Legarda bats for measure promoting geographical indications in PH

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 […]

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