Keynote Speech: Looking Beyond 2016: The Future of Philippine Energy

September 23, 2015

Keynote Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Looking Beyond 2016: The Future of Philippine Energy
PowerTrends 2015 Business Forum
September 23, 2015| SMX Convention Center
 
I am very honored to be here today at the PowerTrends Business Forum and I salute Leverage International and Puno & Puno for this laudable venture.
 
I was among the co-authors of the Renewable Energy Law in 2008. Our laws are hailed as among the best in the world, but without strict and effective implementation they are of very little use. At […]

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Speech: 9th Senior Disaster Management Officials Forum

September 22, 2015

Speech of Senator Loren Legarda*
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Philippines 2015
9th Senior Disaster Management Officials Forum
22 September 2015 | Iloilo City, Philippines
 
*(Delivered by Commissioner Emmanuel de Guzman, Climate Change Commission)
 
It is my distinct honor and pleasure to speak before senior disaster management officials of the Asia-Pacific economies.
 
Foremost, we express our solidarity with the nation of Chile and commiserate with those who lost their loved ones in the recent 8.3 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit the country. But we also admire […]

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Keynote Speech: Climate Reality Project: The Filipino Youth on the Road to Paris Forum

September 1, 2015

Keynote Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Climate Reality Project: The Filipino Youth on the Road to Paris Forum
Bantayog ng mga Bayani Auditorium, Quezon City
1 September 2015
 
“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. [1]”
 
I have just quoted the Philippine Supreme Court in its landmark decision 22 years […]

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Message of Senator Legarda: Performance of David Medalla

August 20, 2015

Message of Senator Loren Legarda
(Delivered by NCCA Chairman Felipe de Leon Jr.)
Performance of David Medalla
at the Philippine Pavilion in Venice Biennale 2015
20 August 2015 | Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy
I was all set to leave for Venice and join you in this event, which I conceived of upon meeting one of the greatest Filipino artists of our time, David Medalla, except that my 82-year-old father was once again brought to the hospital and […]

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Privilege Speech on El Niño

August 19, 2015

Senator Loren Legarda
Privilege Speech on El Niño
19 August 2015 | Senate Session Hall
 
Mr. President,
 
PAGASA issued its latest El Niño Advisory on August 5 stating that the moderate El Niño the country is currently experiencing will intensify in the last quarter of the year. Based on leading climate models, PAGASA also announced that it will linger up to the first months of 2016. This El Niño is predicted to be identical with what we experienced in 1997-1998 or even worse. According […]

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