July 7, 2022
LEGARDA BATS FOR ADDITIONAL BENEFITS, PROTECTION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
Senator Loren Legarda underscored the important role of teachers in the development of the youth and society upon filing Senate Bill No. 2, which seeks to amend specific provisions of Republic Act No. 4670 or the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers to provide additional benefits and protection to teaching and non-teaching personnel in public schools all over the country.
Among the significant amendments under SBN 2 is the provision of security […]
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July 6, 2022
Senator Loren Legarda underscored the importance of providing quality education for all Filipino students and helping them cope with the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic as she filed Senate Bill No. 1 or the “One Tablet, One Student Act of 2022”.
The proposed measure aims to give each elementary and secondary level student in public schools, as well as those enrolled in State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), a tablet to help them adapt to the online learning system being […]
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July 4, 2022
Senator Loren Legarda has filed her first ten (10) proposed legislative measures in the 19th Congress today.
Having served as a senator for 18 years, she was the first to file among the 24 incumbent and newly-elected senators in accordance with the principle of seniority in the Senate.
“We just filed the first batch of our priority bills today, which are mostly zeroed in on the edification of the country’s education and livelihood system. We prioritized these measures as we believe they […]
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June 30, 2022
On her last day as Representative of the Lone District of Antique, Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda expressed her pleasure in serving the Filipino people as a member of the House of Representatives over the past three years.
“I am grateful to have served the Filipino people, most especially my fellow Antiqueños, alongside my honorable and hardworking colleagues whose hearts I have witnessed to care for visions of the best for our countrymen and empowering our people,” she said.
During her stint at […]
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June 27, 2022
Senator Loren Legarda is inaugurated as Senator of the Republic of the Philippines for the 4th time, capping a career in public service that spans more than two decades.
“Today marks my 22nd year as your lawmaker. I stand honored and proud before you to accept my mandate once again, to be your Senator for the 4th time,” Legarda noted in her inaugural speech.
The fourth-term Senator recently ended her term as Congresswoman of the Lone District of Antique, having “served Antique […]
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