August 11, 2023
MESSAGE OF SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE LOREN LEGARDA
ASEAN Biodiversity Heroes Forum
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)
11 August 2023
Young men and women, esteemed leaders, and fellow biodiversity advocates, I am making an earnest call to action. On this day, here, at the ASEAN Biodiversity Heroes Forum, we must recognize that the ability of the race and the species to survive and avoid extirpation lies in the hands of our youth – you, the inspiring individuals who can snatch life on the planet […]
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August 10, 2023
KEYNOTE MESSAGE OF SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE LOREN LEGARDA
ASIAN CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND DISASTER RESILIENCE (ACCCDR)
10 August 2023
To the Asian Institute of Management, our distinguished speakers, and participants from the national government agencies, local government units, private sector, local and international non-profit and non-government organizations, and the academe, good morning.
At the outset, allow me to acknowledge and recognize the significance of holding the Asian Conference on Climate Change and Disaster Resilience here in Manila.
We meet together as […]
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August 8, 2023
Senate of the Philippines
PRIVILEGE SPEECH
Senate President Pro Tempore
LOREN LEGARDA
“Taking on the Climate Change Challenge Together”
08 August 2023
Mr. Senate President, dear colleagues, my beloved fellow Filipinos:
Long before Ondoy and Yolanda, I sounded the alarm in the halls of the Senate on the dangers of climate change. Now I stand before fellow lawmakers of the 19th Congress yet again as climate change and its impacts continue to worsen and bear down heavily on us all.
Climate change is undeniably the global […]
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July 31, 2023
KEYNOTE MESSAGE OF SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA
PAGPUPUGAY SA BIDANG PILIPINO: THE 35TH NATIONAL DISASTER RESILIENCE MONTH CULMINATING ACTIVITY
31 July 2023
A warm welcome to all of you as we gather today for the culminating activity of the 35th National Disaster Resilience Month this July, “Pagpupugay sa Bidang Pilipino.” I am deeply honored to stand before you and share this momentous occasion.
We come together today not only to celebrate the resilience of the Filipino spirit, ngunit para magbigay-pugay sa bidang Pilipino—the […]
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July 27, 2023
MESSAGE OF SEN. LOREN LEGARDA
Forum in Commemoration of the
7th Anniversary of the Arbitral Tribunal Ruling,
Waypoints Project and The University of the Philippines
Institute for Maritime and Law of Sea
27 July 2023
Ensuring our country’s sovereignty is non-negotiable. This is enshrined in our Constitution, serving as the bedrock upon which we preserve and uphold the very essence of our forefathers’ legacy.
Long embroiled in territorial disputes with neighboring countries over the South China Sea, our country once again stands […]
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