In celebration of International Museum Day (May 18), Senator Loren Legarda encouraged everyone to discover the different aspects of the nation’s culture and history through our museums.
Legarda, a staunch advocate of art and culture promotion, said that this year’s theme, “Museums as Cultural Hubs: The future of tradition”, is apt in promoting the significance of museums, which are vessels of important historical knowledge and cultural heritage and showcase the invaluable Filipino talent.
Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, today commended the government’s strong resolve to send back the shipment by a Canadian company of more than 100 containers of household trash, including soiled bags and diapers, that was sent to the Philippines in 2013 and 2014.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) earlier said that the Philippine ambassador and consuls in Canada were recalled, following Canada’s failure to ship back the containers before the May 15 deadline, and that the Philippines would have diminished diplomatic presence until Canada removes its garbage in the country.
Maraming salamat po sa lahat ng aking mga kasimanwa na bumoto sa akin upang maging Representante ng Antique sa Kongreso.
Ang tagumpay na ito ay inaalay ko unang-una sa Poong Maykapal na nagbigay sa akin ng talino at lakas upang harapin ang hamon na ito; pangalawa, sa aking pamilya, lalo na ang aking mga ninuno na nagbigay ng inspirasyon sa akin na pagsilbihan ang aking mahal na probinsya; at higit sa lahat, ang aking mga kasimanwa na nagtitiwala sa akin.
Ang tagumpay […]
Senator Loren Legarda has ended the 30-year rule of the Javier dynasty in her home province of Antique.
Legarda was proclaimed the new congresswoman of the lone district of Antique, sweeping all of the province’s 18 towns, with 199,187 votes against former Governor and Congressman Exequiel Javier’s 69,716 votes, one of the largest margins of victory in the 2019 elections.
If elected as Congresswoman of the lone district of Antique, Senator “Inday Loren” Legarda assured that her kasimanwas will continue to feel the improvement in their lives, as what is already happening in the province.
After increasing the chalk allowance of teachers in the past years, Senator Loren Legarda has now introduced a special allowance to public school teachers that they will receive under the 2019 national budget.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, initiated the allocation of additional P800 million under the Department of Education (DepEd) budget. The said allocation will be given to public school teachers, P1,000 per teacher, every World Teachers’ Day on October 5, as an incentive or honorarium.
Senator “Inday Loren” Legarda, who is running for Congresswoman of the lone district of Antique under the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC), today reiterated her vow that she will do everything to end poverty in her home province.
“When the campaign started, I have declared my intention to beat poverty in Antique. After going around the province in the past 42 days, my resolve to do so only got stronger. As I visited our towns and barangays, I saw the hardship and needs of our people; I heard the pleas of my kasimanwas. We cannot let the poor remain poor. We cannot let our province suffer while our neighbors are soaring,” said Legarda.
Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, said that the 2019 national budget continues to fund the increase in base pay of military and uniformed personnel in the government, which started in the 2018 budget.
Legarda said that under the 2019 General Appropriations Act (GAA), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has a total budget of P180 billion that includes funding for the increased base pay of the military. It also includes funding for additional allowance for Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU).
Message of Senator Loren Legarda*
Visionary and Lead Advocate of the Philippines’ Participation in the Venice Biennale
Vernissage of “Island Weather”
Philippine Pavilion at the 58th Biennale Arte
8 May 2019 | Venice, Italy
*(Delivered by Ambassador Domingo Nolasco, Philippine Ambassador to Italy)
Good afternoon and welcome to the Philippine Pavilion!
I would have wanted to personally welcome you all but we are in the midst of an election campaign in the Philippines.
It seems like just yesterday when we were trying to fill the […]
The Philippine Pavilion exhibition Island Weather held its vernissage today at the Artiglierie of the Arsenale in Venice, Italy. The event marked the Philippines’ entry to the 58th Venice Art Biennale, and the country’s fifth consecutive participation in the world’s biggest contemporary art exposition.
Island Weather is curated by Tessa Maria Guazon and features artist Mark Justiniani and his immersive and massive installation titled Arkipelago. The exhibition is an exploration of how an archipelagic state such as the Philippines forms its national consciousness shaped by its many islands, which all have its own unique vernacular culture and history.