November 14, 2016
SPONSORSHIP SPEECH
SEN. LOREN LEGARDA
FY 2017 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT
November 14, 2016
Mr. President, Distinguished Colleagues:
We live in extraordinary times and we are going through an extraordinary time of change.
It is therefore my honor to present to you our proposed 2017 budget that sets bold plans to meet not just today’s needs, but one that looks beyond 2017 – one that contributes to delivering long-term solutions to the country’s long-term problems.
The P3.350 trillion proposed National Budget for […]
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November 10, 2016
Opening Statement of Senator Loren Legarda
Committee on Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on the Agreement of the
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
10 November 2016, Recto Room
Good morning and welcome to today’s hearing of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the Articles of Agreement of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
Similar to the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank, the AIIB is a multilateral lending institution first proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier […]
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November 8, 2016
Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
5th Top Leaders Forum
Science and Technology Towards Business Resilience
8 November 2016 | SMX Convention Center, Pasay City
I congratulate the organizers of the 5th Top Leaders Forum for getting our stakeholders together to inform and stimulate public conversation on the theme, “Science and technology towards building resilience.”
I have one message to everyone in this forum — We should not assume that science, research, and the tools they offer will just automatically find their way into the drawing […]
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November 7, 2016
Senator Loren Legarda
Privilege Speech on the Paris Agreement
7 November 2016 | Senate Session Hall
Mr. President,
I rise today on the occasion of the entry into force of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the third anniversary of Supertyphoon Yolanda. Yesterday was also the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict.
In light of the commemoration of Yolanda anniversary tomorrow, allow me first to put on record that we have allocated 25.6 […]
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October 27, 2016
Senator Loren Legarda’s Keynote Speech
2016 Philippine Local Governance Congress
27 October 2016 | Sofitel Philippine Plaza
Allow me first to recognize the champions and advocates of local autonomy from the national and local governments, civil society, business, academe, media and international development partners, who are present to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Local Government Code (LGC).
Congratulations to the Department of Interior and Local Government, under the leadership of Secretary Ismael “Mike” Sueno, for convening the 2016 Local […]
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