Seconding Speech of Senator Loren Legarda In the Nomination of Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson as Senate President Pro Tempore | September 8, 2025

Mr. President, distinguished colleagues:

Ang tama ay ipaglaban. Ang mali ay labanan. These words capture the essence of Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson’s public service. They are not mere slogans, but a creed he has lived by in more than fifty years of public service as a police officer, humanitarian, and legislator.

On just the twelfth session day of this Congress, while many committees were still preparing to organize, Senator Lacson had already pieced together a puzzle long hidden from the public eye. […]

Seconding Speech of Senator Loren LegardaIn the Nomination of Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III as Senate President | September 8, 2025

Mr. President, distinguished colleagues:

The Filipino people have always looked to the Senate as a pillar of our democracy. In times of profound challenges, when our citizens yearn for clarity and wisdom, they expect us to steady the ship and steer it with a clear compass toward safer shores. They do not ask for eloquence alone, but for proof that we can all place country above self, and that we can govern with discipline, foresight, and courage.

Discipline to resist the distractions […]

Message of Senator Loren Legarda“Pagtatahip | Winnowing | Windsichten”

Being this year’s Guest of Honour at the Frankfurter Buchmesse, the Philippines is at a moment where our narratives, voices, and ingenuity gather and resonate in every listening ear and receptive mind.

Within this landscape of dialogue, openness, and reflection, I welcome you to “Pagtatahip | Winnowing | Windsichten,” an installation created by MeLê Yamomo, Nico D’Alemann, and Jay Yamomo, which brings into focus something deeply familiar to every Filipino.

In the Philippines, we have a tradition called “pagtatahip,” the careful sifting […]

Message of Senator Loren Legarda Press Conference Philippines Guest of Honour, Frankfurt Book Fair 2025 | National Library of the Philippines, Manila | September 4, 2025

Friends, colleagues, and partners in culture, thank you for joining us today. It is inspiring to look back and reminisce about how our journey started. What was once a distant dream has now become our present reality.

When I first envisioned the Philippines as the Guest of Honour at the Frankfurter Buchmesse, some felt that it was far too 2 ambitious, that we were too diverse and too complex for the world’s largest book fair to embrace. But I believed then, […]

Opening Statement of Senator Legarda | Organizational Meeting and Public Hearing of the Committee on Culture and the Arts

Magandang umaga po sa lahat. Pormal na po nating binubuksan ang pagdinig ng Komite sa Kultura at mga Sining.

Noong ika-labinsiyam na Kongreso, itinatag natin ang komiteng ito upang higit na mapalakas ang ating mga pagsisikap tungo sa pangangalaga at pagpapaunlad ng ating pambansang pagkakakilanlan at pamana. Naisakatuparan natin ang dalawang mahahalagang batas.

Una, ang RA 11961 o Cultural Mapping Law. Sa pamamagitan nito, sistematikong natutukoy, nadodokumento, at nabibigyan ng suporta ang ating mga tangible, intangible, natural, and built heritage. Sa pamamagitan […]