“Free college education must be fully funded”- Legarda

September 26, 2025

Despite the suspension of official budget proceedings due to heavy rains, Senator Loren Legarda, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Higher, Technical, and Vocational Education, hosted a dialogue with presidents of state universities and colleges (SUCs) on Friday, 26 September 2025.

Joining her were Senator Win Gatchalian, Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Congressman Leandro Legarda Leviste, Vice Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations. Together, they affirmed their shared commitment to strengthening support for higher education institutions nationwide. Also […]

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Message of Senator Loren Legarda New Beginnings: Philippine Photographic Art

September 26, 2025

I welcome you all tonight to an exhibition that is more of a conversation spanning continents, a dialogue between the Philippines and Germany that transcends language, geography, and time.

Under the banner of “The Imagination Peoples the Air,” the Philippines takes center stage at the Frankfurter Buchmesse 2025, and tonight, through the lens of Filipino ingenuity, we present to you a part of our cultural program, the exhibition “New Beginnings: Philippine Photographic Art.” The photographs on display are representations of light […]

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Co-sponsorship Speech of Senator Legarda | Resolution Congratulating and Commending the Philippine National Padel Team or Padel Pilipinas for Emerging as Champions of the 2025 Asia Pacific Padel Cup held in Selangor, Malaysia, from August 28-31, 2025

September 24, 2025

Mr. President, esteemed colleagues:

I rise to co-sponsor Senate Resolution No. 120, which takes into consideration Senate Resolution No. 129 filed by this representation. I am very proud to congratulate and commend the Philippine National Padel Team for emerging as Champions of the 2025 Asia Pacific Padel Cup 2025 (APPC), held in Selangor, Malaysia.

I also commend Joanna Tao Yee Tan and Johnny Arcilla for being awarded as the Most Valuable Female and Male Players at the 2025 Asia Pacific Padel Cup […]

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Message of Senator Loren | Pasasalamat sa Tourism Frontliners | Intramuros, Manila | September 24, 2025

September 24, 2025

Magandang umaga sa inyong lahat.

Allow me to thank Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco and the Department of Tourism for this invitation. It is fitting that we gather in Intramuros, where every stone tells a story and where history continues to shape how we live, work, and see ourselves as a people.

This year’s theme, “Tourism and Sustainable Transformation,” carries a timely message. Transformation requires clear values. It reminds us not to settle for tourism that is only profitable but to nurture one […]

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Legarda: From culture to commerce, creativity drives the change

September 24, 2025

Senator Loren Legarda joins the nation in celebrating Philippine Creative Industries Month this September, a milestone established by Republic Act No. 11904 or the Philippine Creative Industries Development Act, which Legarda co-authored. The law recognizes the creative sector as a driving force of economic growth, cultural pride, and national identity.

“From culture to commerce, creativity drives the change,” Legarda emphasized, as she highlighted the significant contribution of the creative industry.

Legarda, who chairs the Senate Committee on Culture and the Arts, cited […]

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