Keynote Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
1st Ceremony for the Commemoration of the Asian Living Human Treasures
May 20, 2014 – Manila Hotel
It is often said that historical and cultural sites, stories and traditions convey our values, beliefs and aspirations that lay the foundation of a nation’s identity. Here in the Philippines, the Historic Town of Vigan in Ilocos Sur brings Filipinos back in time and gives a bittersweet feeling as it reminds us of the challenges our […]
Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities, today emphasized the need to protect the Philippines’ cultural heritage in both its tangible and intangible forms.
“We hear uproar about saving crumbling monuments and edifices, but less noise about the need to preserve our vanishing traditional crafts. The true value of our intangible culture and arts is not as easily recognized because it lacks the durability of construction,” said Legarda at the First Ceremony for the Commemoration of the […]
AN ACT AMENDING TITLE I, CHAPTER 3, OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PRESCRIBING AN ADDITIONAL GROUND FOR ANNULMENT
Scope: National
Legislative status: Pending in the Committee (1/22/2014)
http://senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=16&q=SBN-2225
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SBN-2225 (as filed)
AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE SUGARCANE INDUSTRY BY ESTABLISHING THE SUGARCANE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT FUND, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Scope: National
Legislative status: Consolidated/Substituted in the Committee Report (9/9/2014)
http://senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=16&q=SBN-2233
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SRN-456 (as filed)
In a bid to further promote equality among Filipinos regardless of ethnicity and to address concerns of indigenous peoples, Senator Loren Legarda today stressed the need to determine the population of citizens who are members of indigenous communities and to protect their cultural properties.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities, presided over the hearing on Senate Bill Nos. 534, Ethnic Origin Act, and 669, Traditional Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.
“It would help us determine the specific concerns […]
