Message of Deputy Speaker and Antique Congresswoman Loren Legarda
Climate Resiliency Field School Training of Trainers
02 September 2019 | Pandan, Antique
My fellow Antiqueños, Good morning.
Thank you for your participation in the Climate Resiliency Field School Training, a program that I have been supporting since I have chaired the Senate Committee on Finance.
As we all know, Antique is under a state of calamity due to the impact of El Niño, which has devastated our rice production to the tune of P10.5 million pesos […]
Thank you for attending this briefing on the mandates, functions, and responsibilities of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and the Regional Development Council (RDC). It is unfortunate that I am not able to attend this briefing with you as budget hearings are ongoing in the House of Representatives. Rest assured that I am studying the mandates, functions, and responsibilities of the NEDA and the RDC, too.
I am pleased to meet the hard-working people behind the great doors and offices of this Congress. Thank you for helping make our legislative sessions, hearings, and meetings faster, more convenient, and more productive. I can tell that many of you, if not all, work tirelessly to get your job done.
However, being able to survive in this kind of environment is not enough reason to stop learning. The goal, as in everything, is to be the best at what you do. Especially because you are public servants, it is important that you continue learning and developing your knowledge, skills, and talents to serve the Filipino people.
Message of Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda
Hibla ng Lahing Filipino Travelling Exhibition
29 August 2019 | NAFA, Singapore
Traditional textiles are ties that bind. It links the past to the present and brings together cultures, which, no matter how diverse, has a commonality.
It is in this premise that the Hibla ng Lahing Filipino textile gallery was born in 2012 in two small rooms of the National Museum of the Philippines.
Today, I am filled with pride because from the simple rooms that first housed the textile gallery, Hibla has […]
Deputy Speaker and Antique Congresswoman Loren Legarda invites everyone to the opening of the Hibla ng Lahing Filipino Travelling Exhibition on August 29, 2019, at the Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, 80 Bencoolen Street, Singapore.
The exhibition, titled “Piña-Seda: Pineapple and Silk Cloths from the Tropics,” features raw materials and textiles from piña and silk weaving centers in Aklan and La Union, respectively, and embroidery center in Laguna, Philippines.
