September 2, 2025
Senator Loren Legarda has refiled in the 20th Congress a bill that seeks to standardize working conditions for waste workers, emphasizing their crucial role in public health and environmental sustainability.
“There is an inherent risk our waste workers face when it comes to properly collecting and disposing of tons of garbage we produce every day,” Legarda said.
“Although hazardous, many, if not most, face numerous challenges, such as safety hazards, low wages, lack of job security, and discrimination due to their jobs,” […]
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September 2, 2025
Senator Loren Legarda today urged the public to translate environmental policies into tangible community action as the country observes National Clean-up Month this September, under Proclamation No. 244 s. 1993, complemented by Presidential Proclamation No. 470 s. 2003, which designates every third Saturday of September as International Coastal Clean-up (ICC) Day in the Philippines.
“As the principal author and principal sponsor of the Climate Change Act of 2009 (RA 9729), and author and principal sponsor of the Ecological Solid Waste Management […]
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August 27, 2025
Senator Loren Legarda made a strong call to action for foresight-driven diplomacy and leadership during the Regional Foresight Conference on Emerging International Issues on August 27, 2025, at Seda Manila Bay, Parañaque City.
The conference, hosted by the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) of the Philippines in connection with the 2nd Retreat of Diplomatic Academies in Southeast Asia, highlighted the increasing recognition that foresight studies and future thinking must be integral to diplomatic training and the development of foreign policy.
“To speak of […]
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August 20, 2025
Mr. Chair, esteemed colleagues, distinguished guests, good afternoon.
Allow me to begin by expressing my deep gratitude to our Chair, Senator Robinhood Padilla, for designating me as one of the Vice Chairpersons of this Committee. Having served as Chairperson of this Committee in the 15th and 16th Congress, I remain mindful of the hopes of our Indigenous Peoples and Muslim brothers and sisters who look to this institution for recognition, justice, and inclusion.
That is why, across my four terms here in […]
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August 20, 2025
Good morning, Madam Chair, esteemed colleagues, and our resource persons.
At the core of our work in government is one simple but profound duty: that is to provide better lives for our people. The Sustainable Development Goals give us a set of international commitments, a guidepost and a set of targets to help measure how far we
have gone in fulfilling that duty.
But after more than two decades of experience in this Senate, I have seen a recurring challenge: agency reports […]
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