Legarda: Lifting the ultimatum on BPOs is better for the industry

March 15, 2022

Three-term Senator, and now senatorial candidate, Loren Legarda today expressed her support for the call of the business process outsourcing (BPO) companies and workers for
the government, through the Fiscal Incentives Review Board, to temporarily lift its ultimatum requiring BPO workers to physically report to work starting April 1, 2022.
As principal author of House Bill No. 6864, or the Better Normal for the Workplace, Communities and Public Spaces Act, Legarda has been pushing for the enactment of the proposed measure […]

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Legarda calls for basic services and better opportunities for every Filipino family, and more support for MSMEs

March 13, 2022

Three-term Senator and Senatorial candidate Loren Legarda said that ensuring that every Filipino family has access to basic services and better opportunities will also help address unemployment and poverty.
Legarda also stressed that it is important that stronger efforts are exerted in strengthening employment creation, facilitation, and enhancement. Legarda made the statement during the Uniteam campaign sortie in Las Piñas City.
“Ang higit na kailangan ng bawat pamilyang Pilipino ngayon ay ang kakayahang kumita at magkaroon ng regular na mapagkukunan ng pang-araw […]

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Legarda in Antique, inaugurates NBI Building, Old Capitol Building, and the last Balay nga Bato

March 9, 2022

Three-term Senator and Senatorial candidate Loren Legarda today inaugurated three major projects in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique: the new 3-storey National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) District Office, the Old Capitol Building, and the last remaining Balay nga Bato in the province.
During her term as Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance, Legarda ensured the allocation of funds under the 2018 General Appropriations Act for the construction of a 3-Storey NBI District Office at Funda-Dalipe, San Jose de Buenavista, in […]

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Legarda celebrates Int’l Women’s Day in Bulacan

March 8, 2022

As the world celebrates the International Women’s Day, three-term Senator now Senatorial Candidate Loren Legarda, also known as champion for women’s rights and empowerment, joined the Uniteam in Bulacan sortie today.
Legarda, who topped the recent Octa Research Survey in February, renewed her call to strengthen women empowerment and urged the government to invest in more opportunities for women to actively participate in economic development.
“Naniniwala ako sa kakahayan ng mga kababaihan na umunlad taglay ang kanilang sariling kakayanan at talento. What […]

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Legarda: Let women lead economic development of communities

March 7, 2022

In celebration of the National Women’s Month and the International Women’s Day on March 8, three-term Senator and now Senatorial Candidate Loren Legarda underscored the need to continue building on the country’s gains on women empowerment and invest in viable opportunities for women to actively participate in economic development.
“As the leading nation in Southeast Asia in closing the gender gap, we should be continuously challenged to further strengthen our women empowerment policies and initiatives. Let us be a country that […]

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