Message of Senator Loren Legarda New Beginnings: Philippine Photographic Art

I welcome you all tonight to an exhibition that is more of a conversation spanning continents, a dialogue between the Philippines and Germany that transcends language, geography, and time.

Under the banner of “The Imagination Peoples the Air,” the Philippines takes center stage at the Frankfurter Buchmesse 2025, and tonight, through the lens of Filipino ingenuity, we present to you a part of our cultural program, the exhibition “New Beginnings: Philippine Photographic Art.” The photographs on display are representations of light […]

Co-sponsorship Speech of Senator Legarda | Resolution Congratulating and Commending the Philippine National Padel Team or Padel Pilipinas for Emerging as Champions of the 2025 Asia Pacific Padel Cup held in Selangor, Malaysia, from August 28-31, 2025

Mr. President, esteemed colleagues:

I rise to co-sponsor Senate Resolution No. 120, which takes into consideration Senate Resolution No. 129 filed by this representation. I am very proud to congratulate and commend the Philippine National Padel Team for emerging as Champions of the 2025 Asia Pacific Padel Cup 2025 (APPC), held in Selangor, Malaysia.

I also commend Joanna Tao Yee Tan and Johnny Arcilla for being awarded as the Most Valuable Female and Male Players at the 2025 Asia Pacific Padel Cup […]

Message of Senator Loren | Pasasalamat sa Tourism Frontliners | Intramuros, Manila | September 24, 2025

Magandang umaga sa inyong lahat.

Allow me to thank Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco and the Department of Tourism for this invitation. It is fitting that we gather in Intramuros, where every stone tells a story and where history continues to shape how we live, work, and see ourselves as a people.

This year’s theme, “Tourism and Sustainable Transformation,” carries a timely message. Transformation requires clear values. It reminds us not to settle for tourism that is only profitable but to nurture one […]

Sponsorship Speech of Sen. Legarda | Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 6-Concurrent Resolution Granting Consent to Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” F. Zubiri to Accept the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun Conferred Upon Him by the Government of Japan

Mr. President and dear colleagues,

I rise today to sponsor Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 6, which I have the honor of introducing. As its author, I proudly express my support for Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” F. Zubiri in his acceptance of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, to be conferred by the Government of Japan.

The Order of the Rising Sun was first created in 1875 to recognize individuals who have made notable contributions to the […]

Co-sponsorship Speech of Sen. Legarda | Senate Proposed Resolution No. 125-Expressing the Sense of the Senate to Declare the Last Week of September of the Year and Every Year Thereafter as the National Family Week

Mr. President and dear colleagues,

I stand before you today to co-sponsor Senate Resolution No. 125, expressing the sense of the Senate to Declare the Last Week of September of this Year and every Year thereafter as the National Family Week.

According to the PSA’s 2020 census, out of 109 million Filipinos, 108.7 million live in households. This is equivalent to 9 out of 10 Filipinos living in households with their families.

However, the weight of economic pressures and the changing social landscape […]