December 5, 2025
Senator Loren Legarda today welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision directing the government to return the ₱60 billion earlier transferred from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) back to the agency through the 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA). The High Court likewise prohibited any further transfer of the remaining ₱29.9 billion, making the ruling immediately executory.
“This decision is correct and consistent with what we have long fought for—PhilHealth’s funds must remain with PhilHealth. These subsidies exist to protect the Filipino people, […]
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December 2, 2025
Senator Loren Legarda, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Higher, Technical, and Vocational Education, lauded Batangas State University for bringing pride to the Philippines after winning the World Championship at the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) Singapore 2025 International Finals held from November 26 to 28, 2025 at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Manila Bay Sands
BatStateU’s Team Scarlet-Verdant BSU clinched 1st Place in the highly competitive RoboSports – Double Tennis category, besting 56 international teams from across the globe. The […]
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December 2, 2025
With one month to go before the year ends, Senator Loren Legarda urged all barangays nationwide to launch a year-end “drainage hanapin, drainage linisin” drive, calling on communities to locate and clean their drainage systems to prevent flooding, mosquito-borne illnesses, and water contamination in communities.
“This is a gift of safety for our families and a gift of care for nature. Drainage hanapin, drainage linisin: let this be our collective offering as we close 2025,” she declared.
Legarda cited data from the […]
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November 30, 2025
Isang makabayang araw sa ating lahat!
Nais kong simulan ang talumpating ito sa isa sa pinaka-makapangyarihang pahayag na binitawan ni Gat Andres Bonifacio. Isang tanong ng isang diwang makabayan na magpasahanggang ngayon ay hindi kumukupas ang kabuluhan.
“Aling pag-ibig pa ang hihigit kaya sa pagkadalisay at pagkadakila, gaya ng pag-ibig sa tinubuang lupa? Aling pag-ibig pa? Wala na nga, wala.”
Sa tema ng ating pagdiriwang na “Isang Bayan, Isang Laban: Katapatan at Katarungan kontra Katiwalian,” ating muling tanungin sa ating sarili ang mga […]
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November 28, 2025
Senator Loren Legarda, in her interpellation of the proposed 2026 budget of the Department of National Defense (DND), pressed for stronger support to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) through the restoration of a Quick Response Fund (QRF) and greater transparency in remittances from the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA).
Legarda, in 2018, pushed for and secured a ₱750 million Quick Response Fund for the Armed Forces of the Philippines under the General Appropriations Act.
“This fund supported rescue operations, […]
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