June 15, 2023
Message of Support of
SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
LOREN LEGARDA
Department of Trade and Industry
International Trade Forum
“Empowering Philippine Industries”
Shangri-La The Fort, Taguig City
15 June 2023
The die is cast, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has been ratified and the DTI has submitted the plans required to meet the conditions contained in Senate Resolution No. 42.
I have always had faith in the skills, creativity, and innovativeness of the Filipino. That has never been the issue plaguing our country […]
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June 9, 2023
Speech of
Senate President Pro Tempore
LOREN LEGARDA
IISS SHANGRI-LA DIALOGUE
20th Asia Security Summit
“Balancing Asia-Pacific Minilateralism
and ASEAN Centrality”
03 June 2023 | Shangri-La, Singapore
Excellencies, friends, ladies, and gentlemen,
Good morning! Thank you for the opportunity to speak at this prestigious event: the foremost security forum in Asia. It brings me back to my days as a student at the National Defense College of the Philippines for my Master in National Security Administration and my senate days as […]
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May 31, 2023
Senate President Pro Tempore
LOREN LEGARDA
SPONSORSHIP SPEECH
Resolution Creating a Special Committee
on the Rehabilitation of
the Manila Central Post Office
31 May 2023
Mr. President, my dear colleagues of this august chamber,
During the late evening of 21 May 2023, a massive fire broke out at the historic Manila Central Post Office, resulting in the destruction of the iconic building and famous landmark in Manila. This caught the attention of every Filipino and left our hearts heavy and our […]
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May 29, 2023
OPENING STATEMENT
Senate President Pro Tempore
Loren B. Legarda
Subcommittee on Economic Affairs
Senator Padilla Room and via Cisco Webex
29 May 2023, 9:00 A.M.
THE HEARING OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, JOINT WITH THE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES AND CLIMATE CHANGE; AND FINANCE IS HEREBY CALLED TO ORDER.
Isang luntiang umaga po sa ating lahat!
I could say this is probably the best time to institute this commonsensical approach to managing our national patrimony, but the truly best time […]
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May 25, 2023
Speech of Senate President Pro-Tempore Loren Legarda
2023 National Geographical Indications Forum
I would like to commend the good men and women of our Intellectual Property Office for finally coming out with rules and regulations for Geographical Indications, which are protected under the Trademarks section of the Intellectual Property Code of 1997. It was honor to be invited as the Keynote Speaker at the 2023 National Forum on Geographical Indications on May 22, 2023.
I have also had to work with the Department […]
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