Senator Loren Legarda’s Manifestation on the Ratification of the Bicameral Conference Committee Report on the FY 2026 National Budget | December 29, 2025

Mr. President,

Yesterday, the twenty-eighth (28th) of December 2025, in my capacity as a member of the Senate, I voted in favor of the Bicameral Conference Committee Report, subject to certain reservations. My reservations arise from the National Government’s continued failure to remit PhilHealth’s actual legally mandated sin tax revenues from 2023 onward and statutory shares from PCSO and PAGCOR since 2019, undermining the Universal Health Care Act and delaying the transition to an institutionally guaranteed zero out-of-pocket care framework in […]

Mensahe ng Pakikiisa ni Senador Loren Legarda | Ika-150 Anibersaryo ng Kapanganakan ni Emilio Jacinto | Bantayog ni Emilio Jacinto, Himlayang Pilipino, Lungsod Quezon | 15 Disyembre 2025

Magandang umaga po sa inyong lahat!

Ngayong araw, ginugunita natin ang ikasandaan at limampung (150) anibersaryo ng kapanganakan ni Emilio Jacinto- isang kabataang ang talino, prinsipyo, at paninindigan ay naging haligi ng ating rebolusyon at patuloy na gabay ng ating bayan.

Si Jacinto, ang Utak ng Katipunan, ay hindi lamang naging intelektwal na lakas ng rebolusyon, sapagkat siya rin ang humubog sa pilosopiya na bumuo ng isang makatarungan at marangal na lipunan. Sa katunayan, si Jacinto ang naging konsensya nito. Sa kanyang […]

Mensahe ni Senador Loren Legarda | Ika-162 na anibersayo ng kapanganakan ni Andres Bonifacio | November 30, 2025

Isang makabayang araw sa ating lahat!

Nais kong simulan ang talumpating ito sa isa sa pinaka-makapangyarihang pahayag na binitawan ni Gat Andres Bonifacio. Isang tanong ng isang diwang makabayan na magpasahanggang ngayon ay hindi kumukupas ang kabuluhan.

“Aling pag-ibig pa ang hihigit kaya sa pagkadalisay at pagkadakila, gaya ng pag-ibig sa tinubuang lupa? Aling pag-ibig pa? Wala na nga, wala.”

Sa tema ng ating pagdiriwang na “Isang Bayan, Isang Laban: Katapatan at Katarungan kontra Katiwalian,” ating muling tanungin sa ating sarili ang mga […]

Keynote Speech of Senator Loren Legarda | Awarding Ceremony of the Philippine Resilience Awards 2025 | 24 November 2025 | Philippine Normal University Gymnasium, Manila City

Thank you very much.

As I arrived, I noticed the exhibit, maganda. Una, mukhang organic. Second, natural. Third, contemporary. It’s simple, but all the textiles and the photos speak about our shared advocacy. Napansin ko rin, mabuti naman, ay walang plastic na halaman. Salamat. Sana sa lahat ng events, hindi lang sa PNU, sa lahat ng mga state universities and colleges, pati ‘yung ating mga simpleng events, ay let’s veer away from single-use plastic. Definitely no single-use plastic, and second, ‘yung […]

Speech of Senator Loren Legarda | 7th International Forum on Law and Religion in the Philippines: Charting the Future of Women, Peace and Security Agenda | 21 November 2025

Twenty-five years after the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, nations must decide what it truly means to advance the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda. Today, conflicts have become more protracted, humanitarian needs continue to rise, and the climate crisis pushes families into displacement while straining essential resources. Digital systems widen access to information and economic activity, yet these same innovations expose women and girls to new vulnerabilities, from online exploitation to disinformation that fuels division. These realities […]