August 16, 2015
Much ado was made this year, when the Philippines made its comeback to the Venice Art Biennale after a 51-year absence — and rightfully so.
“In my several visits to museums and contemporary art spaces for many years, I took note that even countries such as Tuvalu and Maldives participated in the Venice Biennale. That made me more determined to have a Philippine participation, our second national pavilion in the Venice Biennale after 51 years of absence,” Senator Loren Legarda explains.
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August 13, 2015
MANILA, Philippines — The deliberation of the P3.002-trillion proposed 2016 national budget will be “transparent and consultative,” and will tackle outstanding issues like lump sums and under-spending, Senator Loren Legarda has assured.
“We will scrutinize the national budget of 2016 in a manner that is transparent and consultative,” Legarda said during the briefing by the Development Budget Coordinating Committee on the 2016 National Expenditure Program.
Legarda, who chairs the Senate finance committee, also vowed to break down so-called lump sum items, if […]
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August 13, 2015
“We will scrutinize the national budget of 2016, in a manner that is transparent and consultative,” said Senator Loren Legarda, Chairperson of the Senate Finance Committee, during the briefing by the Development Budget Coordinating Committee (DBCC) on the 2016 National Expenditure Program (NEP).
Legarda said she endeavors to make the deliberations on the proposed P3.002 Trillion national budget for 2016 as transparent as possible and to break up all the so-called lump sums, if there are any, “so that there is […]
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August 13, 2015
Internationally renowned Filipino artist David Medalla will perform at the Philippine Pavilion at the 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia.
Medalla’s performance titled Pangarap sa Panglao (Dream in Panglao) will be done in collaboration with Adam Nankervis, and in conversation with the curator Patrick Flores. It will be held at the Philippine Pavilion in Palazzo Mora, Strada Nuova, Venice, Italy on August 20, 2015 at 3:00 p.m.
Medalla will also have collateral events at the Serra dei Giardini on August 18 and at the […]
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August 10, 2015
SENATOR Loren Legarda wants the Senate to review the environmental and occupational standards the government has enforced in the country’s mining sites amid the recent collapse of an open pit coalmine in Semirara, Antique.
“(It is) imperative that concerned government agencies determine whether sufficient safety precautions were being implemented at that time when the miners were working on the site’s water system despite days of rainfall,” said Legarda, chair of Senate committee on environment.
The accident last July in Semirara Island killed […]
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