February 28, 2023
Co-Sponsorship Speech of Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 7
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING AN INTEGRATED AND SECURE DIGITAL LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES TO BE KNOWN AS THE eCONGRESS
28 February 2023
Senate of the Philippines
Mr. President,
I join my distinguished colleagues in the initiative of establishing and maintaining an integrated and secure digital legislative management system for the Congress of the Philippines, to be known as the eCongress.
Now is the time better than […]
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February 28, 2023
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda is launching today a series of documentaries on the intangible cultural heritage of Panay Island in the Senate as part of celebrating National Arts Month.
The ‘Maaram, Isla ng Panay’ features the lives and communities of Panay and tackles the performative traditions of the komedya and the taltal, the Visayan counterpart of the Tagalog senakulo; the exquisite craft of weaving, including the procurement and circulation of raw materials; the Hudas-Hudas ritual, a tradition unique to […]
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February 24, 2023
In a press conference for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) held three days after the Senate concurred on its ratification of the free trade agreement, Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda expressed her confidence that RCEP will help expedite the country’s pandemic recovery.
She cited the Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s recognition of the value of RCEP in boosting pandemic recovery stating that, “The signing of the RCEP among 15 members provides crucial momentum to redouble their strong commitment to pursuing free […]
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February 24, 2023
Amidst the continuing warnings of the agricultural sector on the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda calls for a massive shift on how we do agriculture in a changing climate.
“Change is inevitable, I want us to take this opportunity to make the necessary shifts to resiliency and to protect our food supply. Business as usual cannot continue, but subsidies for the same type of agriculture also must go,” she stated.
The RCEP is […]
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February 24, 2023
MESSAGE OF SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE LOREN LEGARDA
Press Conference on RCEP
23 February 2023
Sponsoring the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement is a zigzagged and potholed road because the most vulnerable of our sectors, our farmers and fisherfolk were against it.
We have had a trade deficit for six decades, buong buhay ko na po ito at kamakailan ay lalong tumataas pa. The sectors opposed to this treaty have had their hopes dashed, their expectations unfulfilled, their pleas unheard. On […]
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