January 27, 2023
Mother Earth Foundation’s (MEF) Organics Fair & the 3R (Refill, Reuse, Repair) Revolution Program Launch
Inspirational Message of
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda
26 January 2023
My dear friends, I am honored to be in the presence once again of like-minded environmentalists. We can talk about all the best ways we can achieve zero waste and ask each other how to maximize the use of what others would throw away without thinking. But is our movement growing at the pace […]
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January 23, 2023
Message of Senate President Pro Tempore
HONORABLE LOREN LEGARDA
Virtual Learning Session for Publicly Listed Companies
Business and Environmental Sustainability: Achieving the Balance
7-8 November 2022
Good day to all our colleagues. I would like to extend my thanks to the Securities and Exchange Commission and Oceana for inviting me to this session focusing on environmental policies and regulations that affect and impact the health and resiliency of the people and ocean anchored on Sustainable Development Goals. I would particularly like […]
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January 23, 2023
Privilege Speech
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA
Senate President Pro Tempore
Senate of the Philippines
State of Climate Action: The Philippine Scenario
Mr. President, distinguished colleagues:
The Philippines is now the country with the highest disaster risk in the world.
The World Risk Report 2022 assessed the level of exposure, susceptibility, and lack of coping and adaptive capacities of countries from disaster and climate risks and hazards and we came out as the most vulnerable.
This is no longer new to us. Year after year, we’ve […]
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January 18, 2023
Acceptance Speech of Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda
January 18, 2023
Residence of the Italian Ambassador
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Buona sera a tutti.
It is immensely an honor to receive the prestigious Order of Merit from the Italian Republic. I am extremely grateful to the Italian Republic, President Sergio Mattarella, to my good friend Senator Pier Ferdinando Casini, and to His Excellency Marco Clemente, and everyone else involved with this recognition.
The Philippine and Italian partnership and cooperation are essential to our […]
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January 10, 2023
OPENING STATEMENT
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren B. Legarda
Committee on Culture and the Arts
Senator G.T. Pecson Room and via Cisco Webex
10 January 2023, 10:30 A.M.
Isang luntiang umaga po sa ating lahat!
Kulturang Pilipino – isang konsepto na paulit-ulit na hinuhubog at binubuo; isang aspeto ng ating pagkakakilanlan na buhay at ating inaalagaan.
Sa kabila ng pagkakaiba-iba ng ating relihiyon, kasarian, etnisidad, at uring panlipunan, naniniwala ako na mayroon tayong karaniwang istorya na nagpapahiwatig kung sino tayo bilang tao, at bilang nasyon.
I believe that […]
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