Keynote Speech
Senator Loren Legarda
Regional Forum on Effective Disaster Risk Reduction
and Climate Change Adaptation in Greater Metro Manila Area
March 16, 2012
Bulwagang Amoranto, 3rd Floor, Quezon City Hall
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you all to the Regional Forum on Effective Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Greater Metro Manila Area, which we convene today.
In convening this assembly, I am particularly grateful to the City Government of Quezon City for hosting this gathering and to the National Disaster […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA WILL CONVENE THE REGIONAL FORUM ON EFFECTIVE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN GREATER METRO MANILA AREA (GMMA) ON FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2012, AT THE QUEZON CITY HALL.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, has partnered with the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) in organizing this initiative.
Other partners include the Quezon City Government, the Presidential Communications […]
THE NEW TEXTILE GALLERIES AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM WERE OPENED ON MARCH 13 FOR PREVIEW AND MADE THE SETTING OF THE INAUGURAL LECTURE ON PHILIPPINE TRADITIONAL TEXTILES AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA ANNOUNCED.
The creation of the Textile Galleries was a brainchild of Senator Legarda and emanated from her initial fondness of tropical fabrics, which later on became part of her advocacy to preserve indigenous culture.
“I have long dreamed of seeing a textile museum in my own country. […]
THE SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA LECTURE SERIES ON PHILIPPINE TRADITIONAL TEXTILES AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE OFFICIALLY STARTS TODAY ALONG WITH THE PREVIEW OF THE TEXTILE GALLERIES AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM.
The initiative was conceptualized by Senator Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities. It aims to explore the aesthetics, material culture and processes of ethnic identity along with skills and information-generation through fabric.
Dr. Maria Stanyukovich, Curator of the Philippine and Southeast Asian Textiles in the Peter the Great Museum […]
EXPRESSING DEEP CONCERN OVER THE STATE OF THE IFUGAO RICE TERRACES, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY STRESSED THAT THE PEOPLE OF IFUGAO MUST ASSERT THEIR RIGHT AND USE THEIR CULTURAL ROOTEDNESS TO PRESERVE THEIR RICH HERITAGE.
During her recent visit to the Province of Ifugao, Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities, noticed not only the worsening state of the Ifugao Rice Terraces but also the opportunities to revive the Ifugao heritage.
“The Ifugao Rice Terraces symbolize harmony between […]
