Binigyang-diin ni Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda na makatutulong ang Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) sa pagpapatatag ng agrikultura at ekonomiya ng bansa.
Aniya, ilang dekada nang nagdurusa ang sektor ng agrikultura at ang mga Pilipinong magsasaka dahil sa korapsyon, pagpapabaya at maling pamamahala, na dahilan ng kanilang hindi pagsang-ayon sa RCEP.
Upang pakinggan at masagot ang mga isyu ng mga grupong pang-agrikultura, nakipagdayalogo si Legarda sa kanila kasama ang mga pinuno ng mga ahensya ng pamahalaan noong Pebrero 7, kung […]
Sponsorship Speech of Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda
Resolution Concurring in the Ratification of the
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
15 February 2023
Nobyembre, taon dalawang libo at labing-isa nang ipinagtibay ng ASEAN Leaders ang ASEAN Framework for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) sa 19th ASEAN Summit sa Bali, Indonesia.
Nang sumunod na taon, ang mga pinuno ng sampung ASEAN member states, at ng anim niyang ASEAN Free Trade Agreement partners, na kinabibilangan ng Japan, China, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, at India […]
CO-SPONSORSHIP SPEECH OF
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA
“Philippine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Act”
Senate of the Philippines
13 February 2023
Mr. President, my dear colleagues, it is my honor to co-sponsor the bill creating the “Philippine Center For Disease Control And Prevention, Defining Its Powers And Functions, And For Other Purposes.”
As of February 11, 2023, a total of 4,074,563 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the Philippines, with 65,938 deaths, as reported by the Department of Health.
To this day, […]
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda has pushed for an enhanced preservation of the Philippines’ cultural assets through increased participation and involvement of local government and communities in cultural mapping activities.
Legarda, the chairperson of the Committee on Culture and the Arts, stressed the significance of conserving the Philippine culture and ethnicity, and the need for changes in the heritage law to “address new threats from a fast-changing cultural landscape brought about by a digital tidal wave.”
“To further strengthen heritage conservation […]
Philippine international trade policy and economy gained significantly since the free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), according to Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda.
The Philippines has maintained its strong foothold in the European market since the EFTA. EFTA States are Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein and the agreement entered into force on June 2018.
Legarda, as then Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, sponsored the measure to ratify the agreement.
“Given the current developments with our […]
