Senator Loren Legarda said that the national budget for next year and succeeding years, as well as the Philippine Development Plan (PDP), should be aligned with the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, said that the proposed P3.002-Trillion national budget for 2016 should be SDG-tagged to see if the national expenditure program (NEP) is aligned with the new set of global goals adopted by member-states of the United Nations.
“We should have prepared our […]
Senator Loren Legarda
Privilege Speech on the Sustainable Development Goals
30 September 2015 | Session Hall
Mr. President,
We all dream of living in progressive, peaceful, safe and healthy communities. We all hope to be able to fulfill our needs and enjoy our basic rights. But we live in a world far from ideal. There is poverty around us; there is hunger, inequality, injustice, violence, natural hazards, environmental degradation, and climate change.
Nations sought to address these challenges through the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which […]
The first episode of “Dayaw,” a six-part documentary on indigenous peoples and culture, airs today at 6 p.m. on ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC). It is being presented in celebration of October as National Indigenous Peoples’ Month.
“Dayaw” is a project of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and ANC, supported by the Office of Senator Loren Legarda.
“The promotion of our indigenous culture is an advocacy close to my heart. We have to learn and relearn our traditions and […]
MANILA, Philippines – In celebration of October as National Indigenous Peoples’ Month, Sen. Loren Legarda presents a six-part documentary series on indigenous peoples (IPs) and culture titled Dayaw, which will be shown Thursdays, starting Oct. 1 at 6 p.m. on ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC).
Dayaw is a project of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and ANC, supported by the Office of Sen. Legarda.
“The promotion of our indigenous culture is an advocacy close to my heart. We have […]
The Philippine Venice Biennale Coordinating Committee, comprised of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), and the Office of Senator Loren Legarda, is urging Filipino architects, curators, artists from different disciplines, urban planners, ecological activists, geographers, historians and critics of space, heritage workers, and others to participate in the open call.
