Senator Loren Legarda
Co-Sponsorship Speech Commending Olympic Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz
17 August 2016 – Senate Session Hall
Mr. President,
It is with great pride that I join my esteemed colleagues in honoring Ms. Hidilyn Diaz who made history for the Philippines by winning the silver medal in the women’s 53-kg weightlifting division during the 2016 Summer Olympic Games held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The 25-year-old medalist, a native of Zamboanga City, put an end to the country’s Olympic medal drought […]
Message of Senator Loren Legarda*
Science & Technology Roadmap for Textiles Conference
16 August 2016 | DOST Compound, Bicutan, Taguig
*Delivered by a Representative
One of the first laws I authored during my first term as Senator was Republic Act 9242, the Philippine Tropical Fabrics Law.
Its primary purpose is to promote the country’s natural fabrics through their use as materials in official governments uniforms. I have envisioned this law to jumpstart the effort to build up the country’s tropical fabrics […]
Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, today assured the timely passage of the proposed 2017 national budget following the early turnover of the National Expenditure Program (NEP) by Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno to the Senate on August 15, 2016.
Can the country survive more tragedies and losses caused by global warming?
Senator Loren Legarda, a staunch environment advocate, raised this question when she spoke during the Climate Change Forum-High-Level Climate Policy Forum held in the Senate on Monday.
Senator Loren Legarda today renewed her call for climate vulnerable nations to take urgent climate action even as the world waits for the Paris Agreement on Climate Change to take effect.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change and UNISDR Global Champion for Resilience, made the statement during her opening speech at the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) High-Level Climate Policy Forum held at the Philippine Senate today,August 15, 2016.
