January 24, 2014
Senator Loren Legarda’s Keynote Speech
ThomasLloyd Cleantech Congress 2014
“Paving the Way for Change in Dedication to Future Generations”
24 January 2014 – Frankfurt, Germany
First of all, I congratulate the organizers of this year’s ThomasLloyd Cleantech Congress. Thank you for the warm hospitality and the excellent arrangements at the Messe.
A great man once said, “Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation.”[1]
Those were the words of the late Nelson Mandela in 2005 before a Trafalgar Square […]
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January 21, 2014
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA
Privilege Speech on Cyber Pornography
21 January 2014
Senate Session Hall
I rise on a matter of personal and collective privilege as a mother, as a legislator, as a Filipino.
Police authorities recognize that cyber pornography is among the “top crimes” in our country today. “Cybersex,” “child pornography,” “cyberporn,” “child abuse”—these words have been hogging recent headlines in our country; and the reports that came with them are too harrowing. In fact, it is disturbing that these abuses against children can happen.
This […]
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January 21, 2014
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA
Closing Remarks
High Level Forum on Strengthening Disaster Risk
Insurance in the Philippines
21 January 2014, Senate of the Philippines
As we conclude this forum, I would like to thank everyone gathered here today. Your presence gives us the assurance of your commitment towards building a resilient nation.
Typhoons Ondoy, Pepeng, Pablo, Sendong and Yolanda all tell us that we were did not prepare enough.
We need to put a stop to the onerous and exorbitant cycle of rescue, relief […]
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January 21, 2014
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA
Opening Statement
High Level Forum on Strengthening Disaster Risk Insurance in the Philippines
21 January 2014, Senate of the Philippines
“We’re roofless but not hopeless.” This is was a rallying slogan written on a tattered cloth put up by typhoon survivors in Tacloban.
This is not going to be the last post-disaster banner we will see. I wish I can say otherwise, but I cannot.
Filipinos are known to be a resilient lot. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of […]
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December 18, 2013
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA
Privilege Speech on Rice, Biodiversity and Climate Change
December 18, 2013 – Senate Session Hall
Filipinos are rice-loving citizens. Rice is our staple food and we find it harder to resist eating rice than any other kind of food. In fact, many Filipinos can live with almost any dish as long as they pair it with rice.
The sad fact however, is that o`ur rice production is greatly affected by the warming climate. If we want to continue enjoying eating rice […]
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