October 1, 2021
Three-term Senator, now Deputy Speaker , Loren Legarda filed her candidacy as Senator at the Sofitel Tent in Pasay City early morning today.
Legarda currently serves as member of the House of Representatives, representing the Lone District of the Province of Antique. Prior to her election to the current position in May 2019, she was a three-term Senator and chaired the Committees on Finance, Foreign Relations, economic affairs, environment and Climate Change, among others. She has authored numerous laws currently […]
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October 1, 2021
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 1) — House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda and Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero again officially threw their hats into the ring for the senatorial race.
Legarda and Escudero on Friday filed their certificate of candidacy (COC) for senator in the May 2022 elections.
Legarda, who is running under the banner of the Nationalist People’s Coalition, was the first to file her COC at the Harbor Garden Tent of Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila in Pasay City. She arrived […]
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September 30, 2021
Three-term Senator Loren Legarda today renewed her call for a national budget that ensures the integration of human capital development and climate resilience in government policies and programs.
Legarda, former Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance, made the statement during the budget deliberation of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the House of Representatives stressing that the proposed Php 191.4 billion budget for the agency under the 2022 National Expenditure Program (NEP) should be augmented to provide […]
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September 29, 2021
CVF Asia Regional Dialogue 2021
Ministerial Meeting
September 29, 2021
Friends and colleagues at the Climate Vulnerable Forum:
The reports of the past months tell us that we may not be doing enough to save our planet and our future.
Global warming might breach past the 1.5 survival threshold by 2040, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Our NDCs lead to a 2.7-degree world, according to the UN. July this year was also said to be the hottest month ever recorded, with […]
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September 28, 2021
Amid the ongoing national budget deliberations in the House of Representatives and Senate, Deputy Speaker and Antique Congresswoman Loren Legarda urged government agencies to improve the capacity of local government units and organizations to access climate finance from the People’s Survival Fund (PSF).
The PSF is the country’s local adaptation fund meant to provide grants to local government units and organizations for their projects and programs that can help communities and ecosystems cope with the impacts of climate change. Legarda authored […]
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