November 4, 2014
Message of Senator Loren Legarda
Anvil Business Club’s
Special Exchange Forum with Mr. Willie Tan
4 November 2014 – Makati Shangri-la Hotel
Foremost, I wish to thank the Anvil Business Club for inviting me to take part in this forum. The business sector is a vital partner of the government in carrying out the needed programs and reforms for a progressive nation. As such, the government ensures that its policies and programs would create a more conducive environment for business.
In the Senate, several proposed […]
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October 29, 2014
Keynote Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Symposium for the International Day for Disaster Reduction
and ASEAN Day for Disaster Management
29 October 2014 – Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City
Future communities in the Philippines will vastly differ from the ones we live in today. As we witness the 21st century unfold, our nation faces a new set of technological, socioeconomic and global challenges that are more complex than any of us have ever experienced in our shared history. They […]
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October 28, 2014
Co-Sponsorship Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
House Bill 4660
28 October 2014 – Senate Session Hall
Mr. President,
Based on an Asian Development Bank report on the Philippine justice sector, one of the significant challenges affecting the speedy administration of justice and disposition of court cases in the country is the high vacancy rates in the judiciary.[1]
The passage of Republic Act 9227 in 2003, which authorizes a 100% raise in compensation for judges, has only temporarily halted the further rise in vacancy rates. […]
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October 27, 2014
Privilege Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
What does an ASEAN Economic Community mean for our people?
October 27, 2014 – Senate Session Hall
Mr. President,
Distinguished colleagues
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I speak before you today, against the backdrop of an emerging ASEAN Economic Community or AEC by December 2015.
ASEAN is one of the most diverse regions in the world. It is a region of 32,000 islands spanning over 4 million square kilometers and hosting more than 600 million people who speak more than 900 different languages and dialects.
It […]
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October 22, 2014
Senator Loren Legarda
Sponsorship Speech for “Ethnic Origin Act of 2014”
Senate Bill No. 2426, Under Committee Report No. 81
Mr. President,
Our indigenous peoples have shaped our story as a Filipino people—our music, arts and dance, our native knowledge and skills, our deeply held beliefs, our creativity, our sustainable ways of living with our physical environment and most important, our self-worth.
Despite these overwhelming contributions, we have admittedly underwhelmed them as the opportunities, privileges and rights embodied in the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) […]
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