Senator Loren Legarda sponsored on Tuesday the committee report seeking the Senate’s concurrence in the ratification of the Articles of Agreement of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Senators approved the report on second reading.
Legarda, who chaired the hearing of the Sub-Committee on Foreign Relations for the AIIB Treaty, said that membership to the AIIB would help achieve its growth targets through accelerated infrastructure spending.
Senator Loren Legarda invites everyone to join the lecture and weaving demonstrations featuring Sama and Tausug Weaving and Embroidery on December 2 and 3, 2016, at the Manlilikha ng Bayan Hall, 3rd Floor, National Museum of Anthropology, Manila.
The Senate and the House of Representatives convened today the bicameral conference committee to reconcile the differences in their respective versions of the proposed 2017 national budget worth P3.350 trillion.
The bicam was convened after the Senate approved on Monday the proposed 2017 General Appropriations Act (GAA).
Sponsorship Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
29 November 2016 | Senate Session Hall
Mr. President, distinguished colleagues:
I have the honor to seek approval of proposed Senate Resolution No. 241, titled “Resolution Concurring in the Ratification of the Articles of Agreement of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank” prepared and submitted by the Committee on Foreign Relations on November 22, 2016 per its Committee Report No. 11.
Message of Senator Loren Legarda*
Finissage of the Philippine Pavilion
15th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
27 November 2016 | Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy
(*Read by a representative)
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
First, let me say that I regret missing the finissage today.
As we close this milestone in our country’s history of Philippine contemporary architecture, I wish to express my gratitude to everyone who made this possible.
Thank you to the Department of Foreign Affairs […]
