On the start of campaign for the 2022 national elections, three-term Senator, now Deputy Speaker, Loren Legarda welcomed the endorsement of the Provincial Government of Antique and the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) – Antique for her Senate comeback.
Legarda, whose term as the Representative of Antiqueños was challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic, has proven that progress is possible with a proactive leader who pushes for continued change towards better education, more jobs, quality health care system, and a […]
Three-term Senator, now Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda officially started her campaign in her home province, Antique, today, 8 February 2022.
The Antique Representative, who is running for a Senate comeback, vowed to launch a campaign focused on employment generation and green pandemic recovery for every Filipino family.
“The crisis of unemployment is one of the major problems that needs to be addressed urgently. My goal is to strengthen government interventions to give our people hope, especially the poorest of our poor, belonging […]
Multi-awarded environmentalist and House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda is a passionate nature lover, the original “plantita” before the global pandemic made planting at home a popular pastime.
We asked her for some planting tips, and here are excerpts of our exclusive interview:
The Philippine Star: I heard that there is a portion of the roof in your house where you planted vegetables, not only to help cool the house down but also to have an additional organic food source.
Loren Legarda: Yes. I […]
The promotion of teachers’ welfare ranks high in the legislative agenda of Deputy Speaker and Antique Rep. Loren Legarda once re-elected to the Senate.
Legarda, who is seeking a return to the Senate, said she is committed to further upgrade the salaries of teachers and non-teaching staff, provide safe, accessible and quality educaiton and pursue effective pandemic response, dignity of wor and respect and protection of democratic rights.
Legarda vowed to espouse the legislative agenda of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers represented […]
Come clean with figures on fish shortage and compare measures before importation permits, Legarda urges DA
MANILA, 24 January 2022 — Deputy Speaker and Antique Congresswoman Loren Legarda expressed her disapproval over the Department of Agriculture’s planned importation of 60,000 metric tons of fish in the first quarter of this year.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) earlier said the country needed more than 800,000 MT of fish to meet the demand for January to March 2022. The importation was supposedly aimed primarily […]
