I am deeply saddened by the news that the Manila Central Post Office, one of the historic buildings in the country and declared an Important Cultural Property (ICP), was engulfed by a massive fire that started late night Sunday.
Having been built in 1926, this building is one of the oldest and most iconic structures in the Philippines that has been an essential part of our history, surviving many calamities and the Battle of Manila during World War II.
Before the fire […]
MESSAGE OF SEN. LOREN LEGARDA
“Fostering Multilingualism for Inclusion
in Education and Society”
Language and Inclusion Summit
Department of Education
May 19, 2023
Manila Marriot Hotel, Pasay
Languages are the most powerful instruments for preserving and developing our tangible and intangible heritage, that is from no less than the United Nations. Promoting our mother tongues encourages linguistic diversity, multilingual education, and cultural awareness, and inspires understanding, tolerance, and dialogue. These benefits are shown in study after study across the […]
Message of Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda
Opening Ceremony/ Philippine Pavilion
18th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia
18 May 2023
It is with deep gratitude and pride to open this year’s Philippine Pavilion at the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale. Since our first historic participation in the International Architecture Exhibition in 2016, the Philippine Pavilion has served as a portal to the minds and hearts of Filipino architecture practitioners and thinkers, as well as a platform to spark conversations […]
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda expressed concern and urged the government, private sector, and all citizens to prepare for hotter and drier days due to a high probability of El Niño emerging in the coming season and persisting until the first quarter of 2024.
Legarda made the statement when the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) upgraded its warning status to El Niño Alert earlier this month, indicating an 80% probability of El Niño emerging in the June-July-August […]
Co-Sponsorship Speech
Confirmation of the Ad-Interim Appointment of
Rexlon Ting Gatchalian
as Secretary of the
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
Session Hall, Senate of the Philippines
16 May 2023
Mr. Chairman, distinguished members of the Commission on Appointments,
I have the honor of co-sponsoring the confirmation of the ad interim appointment of Rexlon Ting Gatchalian as Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
As we all know, the DSWD plays a crucial role in the provision of social […]
