Launch of the UPLB Sculpture Garden

April 4, 2024

 
Maligayang pagbati sa inyong lahat!
 
Sa mundong namamayagpag ang teknolohiya at modernisasyon, naniniwala akong ang sining at kultura ay siyang gabay natin upang mapanatiling makabuluhan at buhay ang ating identidad, kasaysayan, at kwento ng ating lipunan.
 
Sa pamamagitan ng sining, malaya nating naihahayag ang ating kritikal na pag-iisip, at ang ating mga hangarin para sa kinabukasang mas maunlad, payapa at may pagkakapantay-pantay.
 
This belief is what led me to collaborate with my friend, Junyee, one of the pioneers of installation art in the […]

Read More

An Afternoon with Senator Legarda

April 3, 2024

MESSAGE OF SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE LOREN LEGARDA
An Afternoon with Senator Legarda
Assumption College San Lorenzo Makati
3 April 2024| 1:30 P.M. | Pardo Hall, Henry Sy Building, Assumption College
It doesn’t feel like that long ago, but it is actually approaching half a century since I walked these halls as a student. I know that what we felt then, under the safety and nurturing of the sisters, is what you may be feeling now — a little hopeful, a […]

Read More

“Technology, Evolution and Gender to Inform and Prioritize Policy” for Foreign Service Institute’s (FSI) Partners’ Lecture Series (PLS)

March 21, 2024

My sincere greetings to everyone here today. I am honored to deliver this lecture as one of the opportunities to synthesize and share insights on policymaking and guiding principles shaping my work.
In my four terms as Senator and one in the House of Representatives, I can trace a history of policymaking in this country and have seen many successes as well as pitfalls. As you know, of particular interest throughout all those years are culture and heritage, environment, climate and […]

Read More

Technology, Evolution and Gender to Inform and Prioritize Policy” for Foreign Service Institute’s (FSI) Partners’ Lecture Series (PLS)

March 21, 2024

My sincere greetings to everyone here today. I am honored to deliver this lecture as one of the opportunities to synthesize and share insights on policymaking and guiding principles shaping my work.
In my four terms as Senator and one in the House of Representatives, I can trace a history of policymaking in this country and have seen many successes as well as pitfalls. As you know, of particular interest throughout all those years are culture and heritage, environment, climate and […]

Read More

Co-sponsorship Speech of Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda Ad Interim Appointment of Mr. Ralph Recto as Secretary of the Department of Finance

March 13, 2024

Co-sponsorship Speech of Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda
Ad Interim Appointment of Mr. Ralph Recto as Secretary of the Department of Finance
13 March 2024
Session Hall, Senate of the Philippines
Mr. Chairman,
It is with distinct honor and privilege that I co-sponsor the ad interim appointment of Secretary Ralph Recto as the head of the Department of Finance. Having the opportunity to work closely with Secretary Recto for two consecutive terms in the Philippine Senate – during the 16th and […]

Read More