Legarda Hails Enactment of Free SUCs Tuition Law

Senator Loren Legarda today hailed the signing into law of the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, which institutionalizes the provision of full tuition fee subsidy for students enrolled in all of the country’s state universities and colleges (SUCs), local universities and colleges (LUCs) and in state-run technical-vocational institutions.

Legarda Calls for Immediate Access to Green Climate Fund, Invites Banks to be Accredited Entities

Senator Loren Legarda today said that the government, particularly the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Climate Change Commission (CCC), should fast track the submission of project proposals for financing under the Green Climate Fund (GCF).

Legarda Seeks Senate Inquiry into Marawi Rehab

Senator Loren Legarda has filed Senate Resolution No. 439 that directs the Senate Committee on Finance to look into the recovery, reconstruction and rehabilitation plans of Task Force Bangon Marawi for Marawi City and all other areas affected by the ongoing armed conflict between government forces and the Maute group.

Statements of Senator Loren Legarda* on President Duterte’s 2nd SONA

On the SONA theme “A Comfortable Life for All”:

70% of Filipinos aspire for a simple and comfortable life. At least that is what a national survey of Filipinos say (Basis of Ambisyon Natin). As elected officials, we need to help them achieve their aspirations of having a home, having enough earnings to support everyday needs, having the capacity to provide their children college education; among others. This is essentially about building a predominantly middle class society. We should all support this.

Legarda Reports Legislative Accomplishments in 1st Regular Session, 17th Congress

Senator Loren Legarda, a three-term senator who chairs the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations, Finance, and Climate Change, has authored and co-authored 148 bills and 36 resolutions during the First Regular Session of the Seventeenth Congress.

As Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, Legarda also sponsored the 2017 General Appropriations Act (GAA), the first budget under President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration, which she described as pro-people as it addresses the most basic needs of the people while improving the country’s economic growth.