My sincere greetings to everyone here today. I am honored to deliver this lecture as one of the opportunities to synthesize and share insights on policymaking and guiding principles shaping my work.
In my four terms as Senator and one in the House of Representatives, I can trace a history of policymaking in this country and have seen many successes as well as pitfalls. As you know, of particular interest throughout all those years are culture and heritage, environment, climate and […]
My sincere greetings to everyone here today. I am honored to deliver this lecture as one of the opportunities to synthesize and share insights on policymaking and guiding principles shaping my work.
In my four terms as Senator and one in the House of Representatives, I can trace a history of policymaking in this country and have seen many successes as well as pitfalls. As you know, of particular interest throughout all those years are culture and heritage, environment, climate and […]
In celebration of National Women’s Month, Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda presented the artistic brilliance and musical mastery of renowned Filipina pianist Cecile Licad in a night of classical music at the Metropolitan Theater Manila.
This special musical presentation features Licad’s rendition of Russian composer Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23,” an empowering masterpiece of powerful and virtuosic piano writing, dramatic intensity, and heart-swooning melodies.
“This is truly a triumphant night to once again stage […]
In the last few days, a viral post about a resort lodged between haycock hills in Sagbayan, Bohol, within the Chocolate Hills Natural Monument (CHNM) earned the ire of both officials and netizens. The drone video in the post clearly showed an operational resort and the extent of its development right on the foothills.
The CHNM is one of the protected areas legislated under the Expanded NIPAS Act, which Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda principally authored. It was originally proclaimed […]
Co-sponsorship Speech of Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda
Ad Interim Appointment of Mr. Ralph Recto as Secretary of the Department of Finance
13 March 2024
Session Hall, Senate of the Philippines
Mr. Chairman,
It is with distinct honor and privilege that I co-sponsor the ad interim appointment of Secretary Ralph Recto as the head of the Department of Finance. Having the opportunity to work closely with Secretary Recto for two consecutive terms in the Philippine Senate – during the 16th and […]