Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda conveyed her warmest greetings and support to the participants of this year’s Kinaray-a Madjaas Mountain Marathon, which will take place in one of Antique’s most beautiful natural heritage – Mt. Madjaas.
In her message, Legarda emphasized the marathon as an avenue not only for a sporting event, but a chance for Antiqueños to strengthen their unity and camaraderie through a sense of community.
She added that mountain marathons are a unique opportunity to celebrate
human resilience […]
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda welcomed the bicameral conference committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives’ approval of a measure that will further develop the preservation of the Philippines’ cultural assets through cultural mapping.
Legarda, the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Culture and the Arts, said the Congress bicameral committee’s passage of the reconciled version of Senate Bill No. 1841 and House Bill No. 5110 is a significant milestone in protecting and preserving cultural diversity in the […]
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reached out to affected communities by the recent oil spill in Oriental Mindoro that has been impacting various provinces in MIMAROPA and Western Visayas (Region VI) after MT Princess Empress capsized off the coast of Naujan on February 28.
In cooperation with the local government of Oriental Mindoro, Legarda’s office and the DSWD provided P2,000 worth of aid under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations […]
As Women’s Month closes, world leaders will meet in New York City, USA for a mid-term assessment of the UN Decade for Action on Water and Sanitation (2018-2028).
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda emphasized that both water and women’s issues weave through the interrelated global crises that the world faces today – climate change, biodiversity loss, and degradation of land and water.
“We have been trying to solve water supply and sanitation issues as macro concerns instead of looking at water […]
In observance of World Water Day today, Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda underscored the importance of developing sustainable water management and renewed her call for safeguarding the resilience of the country’s water resources as a global water crisis challenges the world.
“Water is life, and it affects everyone. As the theme for the observance of World Water Day this year implies, we must accelerate change. This means that we must increase our efforts to save our water resources and ensure […]
