Press Conference on RCEP 

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 […]

Sponsorship Speech of Senate President Pro-Tempore on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

Sponsorship Speech of Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda
Resolution Concurring in the Ratification of the
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

15 February 2023
Nobyembre, taon dalawang libo at labing-isa nang ipinagtibay ng ASEAN Leaders ang ASEAN Framework for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) sa 19th ASEAN Summit sa Bali, Indonesia.
Nang sumunod na taon, ang mga pinuno ng sampung ASEAN member states, at ng anim niyang ASEAN Free Trade Agreement partners, na kinabibilangan ng Japan, China, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, at India […]

Co-Sponsorship Speech: Philippine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Act

CO-SPONSORSHIP SPEECH OF
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA
“Philippine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Act”
Senate of the Philippines
13 February 2023
Mr. President, my dear colleagues, it is my honor to co-sponsor the bill creating the “Philippine Center For Disease Control And Prevention, Defining Its Powers And Functions, And For Other Purposes.”
As of February 11, 2023, a total of 4,074,563 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the Philippines, with 65,938 deaths, as reported by the Department of Health.
To this day, […]

Sponsorship Speech: “An Act Strengthening The Conservation And Protection Of Philippine Cultural Heritage Through Cultural Mapping, Amending For The Purpose Republic Act No. 10066, Otherwise Known As The “National Cultural Heritage Act Of 2009”

SPONSORSHIP SPEECH OF SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE LOREN LEGARDA
“AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF PHILIPPINE CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH CULTURAL MAPPING, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10066, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT OF 2009”
08 February 2023
I stood here on our first session day this year on a matter of privilege sounding the alarm for the climate. I wish to take this opportunity to reiterate that changing climate threatens our way of life, including our […]

Opening Statement: Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

OPENING STATEMENT
Senate President Pro Tempore
Loren B. Legarda
Committee on Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Sen. Tolentino and Sen. Quezon Rooms
and via Cisco Webex
February 7, 2023, Tuesday, 10:00 a.m.
Today’s hearing is a continuation of the discussion on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Given that RCEP is said to be the world’s largest trade and investment agreement — with 10 countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as well as Australia, China, […]