Message of Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda: National Women’s Month

March 8, 2023

Message of Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda
National Women’s Month
March 8, 2023
Mr. President, I rise on a matter of personal and collective privilege.
Mga kaibigan at kabaro, ilang taon ba natin uulit-ulitin ang mga panawagan natin tungkol sa pagiging patas, sa pag-aalis ng diskriminasyon at sa pagpapantay ng mga pagkakataon?
How many ways can you say these buzzwords and remain relevant? In communications, there is such a thing as desensitization. Eventually, individuals and maybe even societies zone out on the […]

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Launching of DICT Broadband ng Masa Program in Antique

March 3, 2023

Speech of Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda
Launching of DICT Broadband ng Masa Program in Antique
March 3, 2023 | University of Antique, Sibalom, Antique
In this constantly evolving world, our resilience and ability to adapt to changes have allowed us to capitalize on the benefits of new discoveries and technologies. When the pandemic struck, the world suddenly came to a standstill, but we swiftly harnessed the power of technology to shift into a digital environment as an alternative to […]

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Resolution Congratulating and Commending the 2022 Galing Pook Awardees

March 1, 2023

Co-Sponsorship Speech of Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda
Resolution Congratulating and Commending the 2022 Galing Pook Awardees
1 March 2023
Senate of the Philippines
Mr. President,
It is with deep sense of pride and honor to co-sponsor the Resolution Congratulating and Commending the 2022 Galing Pook Awardees.
I would like to congratulate the ten local governance programs that were recognized at the 2022 Galing Pook Awards. The Galing Pook Awards is an annual search held by the Galing Pook Foundation that recognizes innovative […]

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CO-SPONSORSHIP SPEECH: Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 7 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING AN INTEGRATED AND SECURE DIGITAL LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES TO BE KNOWN AS THE eCONGRESS

February 28, 2023

Co-Sponsorship Speech of Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 7
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING AN INTEGRATED AND SECURE DIGITAL LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES TO BE KNOWN AS THE eCONGRESS
28 February 2023
Senate of the Philippines
Mr. President,
I join my distinguished colleagues in the initiative of establishing and maintaining an integrated and secure digital legislative management system for the Congress of the Philippines, to be known as the eCongress.
Now is the time better than […]

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Press Conference on RCEP 

February 24, 2023

MESSAGE OF SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE LOREN LEGARDA
Press Conference on RCEP 
23 February 2023
Sponsoring the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement is a zigzagged and potholed road because the most vulnerable of our sectors, our farmers and fisherfolk were against it.
We have had a trade deficit for six decades, buong buhay ko na po ito at kamakailan ay lalong tumataas pa. The sectors opposed to this treaty have had their hopes dashed, their expectations unfulfilled, their pleas unheard. On […]

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