Senator Loren Legarda invites everyone to watch the second episode of Dayaw season 3 on Thursday, March 9, 6:30pm, on the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC), with livestreaming on abs-cbnnews.com/live and on ANC’s Facebook page.
“Hinabing Lakas (Part 2)” focuses on expressive fibers of distinct cultures, and how woven fibers express our identity, celebrate life, and represent the strength and resilience of the weavers.
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Paris Agreement on Climate Change
8 March 2017 | Senate Session Hall
Mr. President, distinguished colleagues:
I have the honor to seek approval of proposed Senate Resolution No. 320, titled “Resolution Concurring In The Accession To The Paris Agreement” prepared and submitted by the Committee on Foreign Relations per its Committee Report No. 51.
We may be vulnerable, but we are not incapable of action.
We have proven this many times—when we enacted the Climate Change […]
Senator Loren Legarda today underscored the important role climate finance institutions play in building low-carbon and sustainable infrastructure that will support the climate change mitigation targets of climate vulnerable nations such as the Philippines.
“Climate-vulnerable countries such as the Philippines fought to enshrine a 1.5 degrees Celsius global warming limit in the Paris Agreement not only to survive but also to thrive. We have to transition to clean energy-powered economies not just because it will save the climate but also because it will produce more jobs and pump prime the economy,” said Legarda.
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V20 Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting
08 March 2017 | ADB Headquarters, Mandaluyong City
It is an honor to open the first regional gathering of the V20 here in the headquarters of the Asian Development Bank in the Philippines.
Our country is proud to have taken part in the founding of the V20 during our presidency of the Climate Vulnerable Forum, which we handed over to Ethiopia in August last year, here in Manila. And we […]
In observance of International Women’s Day, Senator Loren Legarda today said that the Philippines can lead the global effort to achieve gender equality and women empowerment.
Legarda also hailed the Senate’s approval of the Expanded Maternity Leave Law, which she co-authored.
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