I am deeply grateful to be conferred the Legion of Honor award by the French government.
C’est avec grand honneur que j’accepte ce prix. (It is with great honor that I accept this award.)
This award is a profound recognition that kinship and cooperation have no bounds. We are all soldiers of the bigger cause called humanity.
Read MoreIn 2001, Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management (ESWM) Act, a measure I authored, was signed into law. Since then, I have been advocating for every local government unit’s faithful compliance with this law.
Fifteen years have passed, yet, we are still far from 100 percent compliance rate of LGUs.
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Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
First National Fisheries Industry Summit
3 February 2016 | Philippine Trade Training Center, Pasay City
It is my honor to be part of this momentous event—the First National Fisheries Industry Summit where we will also launch the Comprehensive National Fisheries Industry Development Plan for 2016-2020.
I am particularly interested in this five-year national fisheries plan due to the challenges that the industry must address and cope with.
The Philippines has one of the world’s richest […]
I have the honor to seek approval of the proposed measure under Committee Report No. 443, titled An Act Declaring The Province of Batanes as a Responsible, Community-Based, Ecotourism Zone and Appropriating Funds Therefor.
Read MoreStatement of Senator Loren Legarda
Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance
“The One Billion Cut on the 2016 Family Planning and
Responsible Parenting Program”
This is in relation to the issue on the Department of Health (DOH) budget and to provide enlightenment on the One Billion Pesos cut imposed on the Family Health and Responsible Parenting or the FHRP program of the DOH for 2016, which includes the budget for family planning commodities.
First things first. Although the […]
