Legarda: Beyond games and social media, youth violence demands deeper answers

June 24, 2026

Amid national mourning over the tragic shooting at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City, Senator Loren Legarda urged the public to look beyond simple explanations and treat the tragedy as a warning about deeper and interconnected challenges facing Filipino children and youth today.

Legarda said the Tacloban tragedy should be seen as a symptom of broader issues affecting Filipino youth, not as an incident that can be explained by one factor alone.

“Social media and online games may be part […]

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Statement of Senator Loren Legarda on the Tacloban City School Shooting

June 22, 2026

I am deeply saddened by the tragic shooting at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City, where three young lives were lost and seven others were injured. This tragedy comes at a deeply alarming time, following recent incidents of violence involving students in other schools.

I extend my heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and offer my prayers for the swift recovery of those who were wounded. Ipinagkakatiwala ng bawat magulang ang kaligtasan ng kanilang mga anak sa […]

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Legarda in Wilhelmsfeld: Rizal’s vision remains ours to build

June 21, 2026

WILHELMSFELD, GERMANY – Speaking from Wilhelmsfeld, where José Rizal once longed for home and completed the novel that awakened a nation’s thirst for independence and self-determination, Senator Loren Legarda called on Filipinos to carry forward the national hero’s unfinished vision of freedom and dignity.

At Rizal Park during the commemoration of Rizal’s 165th Birth Anniversary, Legarda said Rizal should be remembered not as a figure of mourning, but as a living force whose ideals of freedom, dignity continue to guide the […]

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Speech of Senator Loren Legarda 165th Birth Anniversary of Dr. José Rizal Rizal | Wilhelmsfeld Park|21 June 2026

June 21, 2026

To our friends from Wilhelmsfeld, Knights of Rizal, dear fellow Filipinos, and to all other guests, Guten Morgen.

There are many ways to honor a great man – in monuments, in street names, in the lessons we teach our children. But every so often, a place offers something far more meaningful. It lets us walk where he walked. That is why we are all here. We did not come to Wilhelmsfeld to just speak about Dr. Jose Rizal from a […]

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Legarda graces the opening ceremony of Rizal Historic Trail in Germany, marking the daily walk that shaped a hero

June 20, 2026

WILHELMSFELD, GERMANY — Senator Loren Legarda walked the path once taken by Dr. Jose Rizal in Germany, saying that the footsteps of our national hero remain part of the country’s living memory. She reminded that greatness often begins in simple acts, and that retracing Rizal’s daily walk between Wilhelmsfeld and Heidelberg is a way of carrying forward the conscience of the Filipino people.

 The Rizal Historic Trail was formally opened on June 20, 2026 (CEST) in Wilhelmsfeld, a day after the nation marked the […]

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