TAGUM CITY – “WE MUST IMPLEMENT OUR LAWS EFFECTIVELY.”
This was the reaction of Senator Loren Legarda when asked by the local media as to what laws the Senator need to push in order to protect the environment and promote the welfare of the Indigenous Peoples (IPs).
This was also what Senator Legarda stressed that the government needs to do, noting that there are already a number of laws with implementation challenges.
“My focus is on funding the laws that […]
In 1996, a strong woman who I deeply cherish died battling with the Big C. Bessie Bautista Legarda, my mama, was a victim of breast cancer, and even though she was a strong woman, we knew that the disease hurt her physically and emotionally.
Cancer is a frightening disease. It could mean a beginning of a new way of life. Accepting the changes that come with it entails much personal strength and great support from loved ones. While the cancer […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA WILL MAKE A SENTIMENTAL TRIP TO DAVAO CITY ON SEPTEMBER 17 TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS ON BREAST CANCER, A KILLER DISEASE THAT HAS VICTIMIZED HER OWN FAMILY.
The Senator will be one of the speakers and will be talking on The Role of Family and Friends in this year’s Silver Linings, an educational forum and homecoming held every three years for victims of breast cancer and the people who help them fight the disease, organized by the […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA OFFICIALLY EXPRESSED HER SUPPORT FOR THE BILL CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (DICT) NOW PENDING IN THE SENATE.
In a co-sponsorship speech delivered at the Senate session today (September 14) for Senate Bill No. 50, which seeks to create the DICT, Legarda said the proposed measure addresses the need for a clear policy framework and a lead agency that will promote, develop and regulate this sector in order to help transform the same into […]
ON THE OCCASION OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DEMOCRACY TOMORROW (SEPTEMBER 15) LED BY THE INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION (IPU), SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA SAID THIS SPECIAL DAY OFFERS A TIMELY OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT AND ENGAGE IN A FRESH DIALOGUE ABOUT PEOPLE’S EXPECTATIONS OF THEIR GOVERNMENT, THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENT AND HOW TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY.
“As elected representatives, we must, at all times, be accountable to the people,” Legarda said in her sponsorship speech for Senate Resolution No. 595, expressing the sense […]
