Senator Loren Legarda today said that the main problem in Boracay Island is the weak enforcement of and non-compliance in the country’s environmental laws.
Legarda made the statement during the Senate hearing conducted in Boracay Island to look into the environmental issues concerning the famous tourist destination.
Senator Loren Legarda invites everyone to watch the third episode of Buhay na Buhay, featuringKultura ng Pamamanata (Devotion to the Patron Saint and Village Community), on Saturday, March 3, 5:45pm, on GMA News TV.
“This episode explores how Catholicism has become an important part of Filipino culture especially those in the countryside. Celebrations or fiestas commemorating feast days of the Santo Niño, Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, or a patron saint have brought many communities together,” said Legarda.
On Zero Discrimination Day (March 1), Senator Loren Legarda echoed calls to stop any form of discrimination.
Legarda said that no person should be discriminated based on ethnicity, race, religion, belief, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, language, disability, health or any other reason.
Senator Loren Legarda will attend today two historic events in Antique—the unveiling of the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino’s (KWF) first Language Monument or Bantayog-Wika in the country and the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra’s (PPO) concert, 25 years after its first performance in the province.
Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
43rd Representative Assembly of the Antique Public School Teachers’ Association Inc.
1 March 2018 | Merrace Resort, San Jose, Antique
First of all, I wish to salute our teachers, and also our non-teaching personnel, for their untiring service to inspire the youth and improve lives through learning.
The teaching profession is probably one of the hardest yet thankless jobs. Our teachers deserve to be recognized as heroes because you give more despite receiving less. Despite the limitations in the country’s […]