“STUDENT LOREN” AND PAGLAYANG MINAMAHAL
Commencement Address
University of the Philippines, 24 June 2018
President Danilo Concepcion, Chancellor Michael Tan, Dr. Prospero de Vera III, CHED OIC and Chairman of the UP Board of Regents, esteemed members of the Board of Regents, members of the faculty and university administration, our happy graduates and their proud parents, students, alumni, fellow workers in government, members of the diplomatic corps, honored guests, friends, ladies and gentlemen:
The University of the Philippines will confer upon Senator Loren Legarda the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, on 24 June 2018 (Sunday), during the 107th General Commencement Exercises of the University where Legarda will be the Commencement Speaker.
Welcome Remarks of Senator Loren Legarda
Techtonic Summit 2018
“Disrupting Southeast Asia”
June 22, 2018 | SMX Convention Center
It is my distinct honor to welcome all of you here in Techtonic Summit 2018; and my sincerest congratulations to QBO Innovation Hub, its president, Butch Meily, for organizing such an important event.
It gives me pleasure that we continue organizing events for our startup businesses and entrepreneurs, such as this one, as well as the National Arts and Crafts Fair held last week as a joint […]
Senator Loren Legarda today hailed the President’s signing into law of the Mental Health Act (Republic Act No. 11036), which seeks to provide affordable and accessible mental health services for Filipinos suffering from mental disabilities.
Legarda, co-author of the measure, said that a law dedicated to enhancing the delivery of mental health services to the people is an integral part of the Philippine health care system given the growing number of mental disabilities left untreated due to lack of facilities as well as physicians who are trained to specialize in the treatment of these mental conditions.
Last year, the Senate Bill 1478 or the Philippine Bamboo Industry Development Act of 2017 was proposed which Senate Committee on Finance and Climate Change Loren Legarda had been known to support. The bill seeks to create a bamboo industry in the Philippines competitive enough to provide opportunities for local employment and to establish bamboo-based enterprises by ensuring that the industry has sufficient supply of quality raw materials. This is proposed to be done through bamboo nurseries and plantations.
