SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY WELCOMED MUSÉE DU QUAI BRANLY PRESIDENT STÉPHANE MARTIN, AND MS. CONSTANCE DE MONBRISON, CURATOR AT THE MUSÉE DU QUAI BRANLY, WHO ARE IN THE COUNTRY FOR THE 2013 PHILIPPINE EXHIBITION AT THE PARIS, FRANCE MUSEUM.
Read MoreMr. President,
For centuries, Filipino and Chinese communities have had extensive ties that date back to the time of Jose Rizal and General Vicente Lim. While our relationship then was primarily built on trade and commerce, it has gradually evolved so as to encompass the economic, and socio-cultural history of the Philippines.
At present, the ethnic Chinese and the Filipinos with Chinese ancestry, which make up about 23.3% of our country’s total population, have continuously played a crucial role in […]
Mr. President,
PH-France Protocol
Background
While globalization brought about an increase in international trade, it also posed greater challenges to the effective enforcement of tax laws. Consequently, the role of international cooperation, as carried out through each country’s implementation of international standards of transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes, has become more and more critical.[1]
These international standards set the need to exchange pertinent information required for the enforcement of the domestic laws of a requesting party. Said […]
GINOONG PANGULO,
Bilang isang babae at ina, ang aking mga personal na karanasan at mga karanasan ng mga ina na aking nakilala sa paninilbihan bilang isang Senador ay makaaapekto sa aking desisyon sa mahalagang panukalang batas ukol sa Reproductive Health.
Mahaba at malalim ang naging talakayan tungkol sa RH Bill. Marami ang aking naging mga katanungan. Nakapagpahayag ako ng aking mga susog at saloobin, at ikinagagalak kong natugunan ang lahat ng mga ito.
Sa pagtatapos ng yugtong ito, alalahanin nating […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA EXPRESSED DEEP CONCERN OVER THE LACK OF CONCRETE RESULT IN THE 18TH SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF PARTIES OF THE UN FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN DOHA, QATAR AS SOME INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES REFUSED TO PARTICIPATE TO A SECOND COMMITMENT PERIOD OF THE KYOTO PROTOCOL, AN INTERNATIONAL TREATY THAT LEGALLY BINDS DEVELOPED NATIONS TO REDUCE THEIR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
“We are saddened by the fact that many developed nations were reluctant to deeply cut their greenhouse gas […]
