Senator Loren Legarda today urged her colleagues in the Senate to immediately approve the proposed Magna Carta of the Poor, which seeks to uplift the lives of impoverished Filipinos not only through access to basic services but also by prioritizing investments and anti-poverty programs that will enable the poor to take part in the country’s growth and development.
Legarda noted that despite the country’s continued economic progress, majority of Filipinos continue to struggle on a daily basis according to the Philippine […]
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE TO URGE NATIONAL AGENCIES TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF VIGAN FOR ITS CONTINUED PRESERVATION AS A LIVABLE HERITAGE CITY IN LIGHT OF ITS SUCCESSFUL INCLUSION AS ONE OF NEW7WONDERS CITIES OF THE WORLD
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National: Legislative status
Consolidated with Adopted Resolution (1/28/2015)
http://www.senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=16&q=SRN-1130
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SRN-1130 (as filed)
Hollywood A-listers, global leaders and United Nations officials are expected to join the official delegation of French President François Hollande when he visits the Philippines next month in a concerted effort to press for urgent action to combat climate change.
A list of VIPs being drawn up by Élysée Palace, the official residence of the French president, for the historic visit was obtained by the Inquirer on Friday.
It shows a large official delegation of Hollande, the very first French leader to […]
While the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Integration brings many opportunities—free flow of goods, services, investment capital, education and skilled labor—there are key challenges that the region needs to overcome in order to achieve sustainable and inclusive growth, Senator Loren Legarda today told youth leaders and student participants of the ASEAN Youth Summit 2015 at the De La Salle University Manila.
“As we pursue the pathway that will bring the economies and people of ASEAN under a single economic […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA
Speech for the ASEAN Youth Summit
Introduction to ASEAN Economic Integration 2015
De La Salle University-Manila
January 23, 2015
I speak before you today, against the backdrop of an emerging ASEAN Economic Community or AEC by December 2015.
ASEAN is one of the most diverse regions in the world. It is a region of 32,000 islands spanning over 4 million square kilometers and hosting more than 600 million people who speak more than 900 different […]
