Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda commended on Wednesday, Aug. 17 United States (US) President Joe Biden for signing into law a legislation addressing climate change.
The law, according to Legarda, seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about one billion tons in 2030.
The Inflation Reduction Act will raise over $700 billion in government revenue over 10 years and spend over $430 billion to reduce carbon emissions.
Legarda, an environmentalist, said the Philippines has laws for climate change mitigation and adaptation such […]
The “Cultural Education Program Act of 2022” was filed by four-term Senator Loren Legarda to integrate Philippine arts and culture into the country’s educational system.
“Our culture is the narrative that binds Filipinos regardless of ethnicity, social class, or educational background into a common chronicle of tradition, trials, and triumph. It is our identity and, therefore, must be preserved and passed on to the next generation,” Legarda said.
Under Senate Bill No. 242, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) […]
Four-term Senator Loren Legarda eyes the promotion of the country’s weaving industry. Legarda recently filed SB 241, or the Philippine Handloom Weaving Industry Development Act of 2022, which seeks to empower weavers and mainstream government programs to develop the local textile industry.
Under the proposed measure, a National Handloom Weaving Department Council will be established composed of representatives from the National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), […]
Four-term Senator Loren Legarda recognizes the country’s severe problem with food security and the rising issue of food wastage.
“In a recent Social Weather Station survey, approximately 3.1 million Filipinos or 12.2% of the country’s total population experienced hunger during the first quarter of 2022,” Legarda explained.
She further elaborated on statistics from the UNEP Food Waste Index Report 2021, in which “each household in the country wastes around 9,334,477 tons of food annually.”
To resolve these issues, Legarda filed Senate Bill 240 […]
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Senate of the Philippines
August 10, 2022
Mr. President,
My dear colleagues,
I rise on a matter of personal and collective privilege.
August 9 marked a momentous day for indigenous peoples all over the world and in the Philippines because yesterday, we celebrated the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (IP) and the Philippine National IP Day.
In 2015, I sponsored Republic Act No. 10689, which declared August 9 as National Indigenous Peoples Day […]
