Legarda pushes for systems integration of defense, security in PH academies

September 20, 2022

Senator Loren Legarda on Monday, September 19 sought to establish the Philippine Defense University System to ensure a ‘’holistic, integrated, and comprehensive’’ defense and security education that is attuned to the current national security requirements.
Legarda thus filed Senate Bill 498 that seeks to link defense institutions through a more comprehensive and integrated system to prevent functional overlaps and curriculum fragmentation without disregarding individual mandates and operations.
The institutions covered by the bill include the Philippine Military Academy (PMA), the Command and […]

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SB 622: Amending R.A No. 10066 (National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009)

September 19, 2022

Long title: AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH ENHANCED CULTURAL HERITAGE EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND CULTURAL MAPPING, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10066 OR THE NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT OF 2009
File: http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/3846534921!.pdf

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SB 500: Emergency Food Subsidy Act

September 19, 2022

Long title: AN ACT PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD SUBSIDY TO EVERY POOR FILIPINO FAMILY AFFECTED BY THE QUARANTINE PROTOCOLS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF
File: http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/3826134699!.pdf

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Co-Sponsorship Speech: Confirmation of the Ad Interim Appointment of Hon. Benjamin “Benhur” C. Abalos, Jr. as Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government

September 19, 2022

Co-Sponsorship Speech
Confirmation of the Ad Interim Appointment of
Hon. Benjamin “Benhur” C. Abalos, Jr.
as Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government
Session Hall, Senate of the Philippines
14 September 2022
 
Mr. President, I have the honor of co-sponsoring the confirmation of the ad-interim appointment of the Hon. Benjamin “Benhur” C. Abalos Jr. as Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
Secretary Benhur Abalos, a lawyer by profession, is a visionary and servant leader with great executive ability, who leads […]

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