Senator Loren Legarda
Sponsorship Speech on the Proposed Rightsizing the National Government Act
Senate Bill No. 1395 under Committee Report No. 56
15 March 2017 | Senate Session Hall
Mr. President, distinguished colleagues, good afternoon.
It is my honor as Chairperson of the Committee on Finance and the Sub-Committee on Senate Bill Nos. 1162 and 1167 to sponsor Senate Bill No. 1395 under Committee Report No. 56 or “An Act Rightsizing the National Government to Improve Public Service Delivery […]
Senator Loren Legarda invites everyone to watch the third episode of Dayaw season 3 featuring wood and stone on Thursday, March 16, 6:30 pm, on the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC), with livestreaming on abs-cbnnews.com/live and on ANC’s Facebook page.
The third episode, “Inukit, Hinulma” (Enduring Wood, Immortal Stone), looks into how wood and stone were employed by builders and craftsmen from all over the archipelago, to build structures and objects dedicated to agriculture, exploration, to the community, to noble ideas like nationhood and spirituality.
Senator Loren Legarda today renewed her call to local government units to implement the country’s laws on climate and environment, stressing that local action is crucial in ensuring the survival of present and future generations
Legarda made the statement as the Philippines ratified the Paris Agreement on Climate Change following the Senate’s unanimous approval on Tuesday.
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – The Senate on Tuesday, March 14, gave its concurrence to the ratification of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the final step before the Philippines becomes an official signatory to the historic international agreement.
Voting 22-0, senators sealed the country’s ratification of the landmark global pact, which aims to limit average global temperatures to “well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.”
Last March 8, a day when the whole world celebrates International Women’s Day, a woman in the Philippine Senate showed the country why we must honor this gender. Senator Loren Legarda expertly steered in the upper chamber of our legislature the approval on second reading of the Senate resolution concurring with President Duterte’s ratification of the agreement.
