August 17, 2016
Senator Loren Legarda
Co-Sponsorship Speech Commending Olympic Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz
17 August 2016 – Senate Session Hall
Mr. President,
It is with great pride that I join my esteemed colleagues in honoring Ms. Hidilyn Diaz who made history for the Philippines by winning the silver medal in the women’s 53-kg weightlifting division during the 2016 Summer Olympic Games held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The 25-year-old medalist, a native of Zamboanga City, put an end to the country’s Olympic medal drought […]
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August 17, 2016
Message of Senator Loren Legarda*
Science & Technology Roadmap for Textiles Conference
16 August 2016 | DOST Compound, Bicutan, Taguig
*Delivered by a Representative
One of the first laws I authored during my first term as Senator was Republic Act 9242, the Philippine Tropical Fabrics Law.
Its primary purpose is to promote the country’s natural fabrics through their use as materials in official governments uniforms. I have envisioned this law to jumpstart the effort to build up the country’s tropical fabrics […]
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August 15, 2016
Opening Address of Senator Loren Legarda
CVF High Level Climate Policy Forum
15 August 2016 | Senate of the Philippines
What does the future hold for us—nations greatly vulnerable to the ill effects of climate change?
We are walking on thin ice. Our future is uncertain because we are facing a crisis that we cannot resolve on our own.
Sea level rise threatens to submerge island nations including our fellow CVF member states—Kiribati, Marshall Islands and the Maldives. Ocean acidification is […]
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August 5, 2016
Keynote Speech
Senator Loren Legarda
The Green Scene: An Environment Action Forum
San Beda College Mendiola | 5 August 2016
(Standard Greetings)
“The day would not be too far when all else would be lost not only for the present generation, but also for those to come—generations which stand to inherit nothing but parched earth incapable of sustaining life.”
I have just quoted the Philippine Supreme Court in its landmark decision 23 years ago that upheld the concept of […]
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July 20, 2016
Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Conversations Among Thought Leaders:
Building Resilience in Turbulent Times
20 July 2016 | Discovery Primea, Makati City
We may be vulnerable, but we are not incapable.
Climate change is undeniably in our midst, increasing the risks of disaster in vulnerable cities and communities—and the Philippines is one of the countries that greatly bear the brunt of the climate crisis.
Despite this, we have shown the world that there is strength in vulnerability.
At the COP 21 […]
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