Speech of Senator Loren Legarda | CVF-V20 High-Level Delegation VisitShared Prosperity: An Agenda for Culture, A Pledge to our People | 14 July 2025 | National Museum of Fine Arts, Manila

Honorable CVF-V20 delegates, led by the distinguished Secretary-General of the CVF-V20 Secretariat, His Excellency Mohamed Nasheed, former President of the Republic of Maldives; Her Excellency Elizabeth Thompson, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for Climate Change, Small Island States, and Law of the Sea, and Barbados CVF-V20 Presidency Sherpa; esteemed members of the Senate and House of Representatives, my esteemed colleagues in the Philippine Congress; fellow climate advocates and partners, good morning.

To our CVF-V20 family, representing 74 nations on the frontlines […]

Speech by Senator Loren Legarda30th City of Malabon University (CMU) Commencement Exercises | Rizal Park Hotel, Manila | July 9, 2025

Faculty and staff, proud parents, esteemed guests, alumni, and most especially, the graduating Class of 2025—isang napakagandang hapon sa inyong lahat.

Being with you today feels like coming home. I was born and raised in Malabon, in Barangay Potrero. My childhood unfolded among mango trees I used to climb, butterflies I chased, and stars I traced from our yard at night, dreaming of becoming an astronaut. That was the Malabon of my youth: a place of wonder, safety, and possibility.

Our home […]

Mensahe ni Senador Loren LegardaWikaharian Launch 2

Paano na ang kinabukasan ng isang bayan kung ang mga kabataan ay mawalan ng kakayahang bumasa, umunawa, at paganahin ang imahinasyon sa paglikha ng kanilang sariling kuwento?

Sa ating mga guro, mga katuwang sa edukasyon, mga tagapagtaguyod ng kultura, at sa lahat ng ating mga kasama sa pagbubukas ng ikalawang yugto ng Wikaharian, katuwang ang Knowledge Channel Foundation, Inc. (KCFI) at ang National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), magsilbi sanang hamon ang katanungang aking ibinungad upang mapagnilayan ang ating […]

Keynote Address of Senator Loren LegardaPhilippine Studies Program Book Launch | June 25, 2025

Excellencies, esteemed colleagues, friends:

Allow me to begin with a question that frames our purpose today: Who are the Filipinos?

Walk through the islands of our archipelago, and you will encounter a people of many tongues, rituals, and traditions that shift with every coast. What you hear sung in Cebu differs from what you taste in Pampanga, or what welcomes you in Marawi. We are a people of many ways of being, yet listen closely, and you will find a rhythm: centuries […]

Keynote Address of Senator Loren Legarda | Daluyong ng Pagbabago: Adaptation and Resilience for Our Oceans | 29 May 2025

To the Climate Change Commission, to the visionary leaders of the University of the Philippines Visayas – Antique, the resilient communities of Antique, our fisherfolk, scientists, youth champions, fellow advocates, and stewards of our seas: Magandang umaga sa ating lahat!

Today, we gather as custodians of a sacred trust: the future of our oceans. Here in Pandan, where the mountains meet the sea, we are reminded that our survival depends on a delicate balance.

Let me begin by grounding our discussion in […]