Message of Senator Loren Legarda during the Press Conference for the Philippines’ participation as Guest of Honour Country in the Frankfurter Buchmesse 2025

Embarking on a journey that is truly worthwhile has never been an easy endeavor. We knew this as soon as we began taking our steps towards becoming the Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair. For 15 years, the Philippines had been absent from this prestigious event, missing from the international stage of the publishing industry. When we made our return in 2015, it sparked a bold question in my mind: Why not the Philippines? Why shouldn’t our rich […]

Speech of Senator Loren Legarda: 2024 Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

2024 Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
PICC, Pasay City
16 October 2024
Excellencies, distinguished delegates, and partners,
Good morning. It is an honor to address this session on ensuring that no one is left behind in disaster risk reduction, a goal central to the Sendai Framework. In the Asia-Pacific region, disasters disproportionately affect women, girls, persons with disabilities, and marginalized communities. Women, who make up 70% of the world’s poor, are often the hardest hit. Persons with disabilities are […]

Co-sponsorship Speech of Senator Loren Legarda on Senate Bill No. 2838 on the Magna Carta of Barangay Health Workers

Co Sponsorship Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Senate Bill No. 2838 under Committee Report No. 332
Magna Carta of Barangay Health Workers
 
Mr.  President, my esteemed colleagues,
Today, I rise in full support of the Magna Carta of Barangay Health Workers – a bill that seeks to institutionalize the rights, welfare, and status of our Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) into law.
BHWs have long been the unsung heroes of our public health system. They are at the forefront of primary healthcare delivery in our barangays, […]

Co-sponsorship Speech of Senator Loren Legarda on Senate Resolution No. 1185 on the 46th Founding Anniversary of the Jesus is Lord Church Worldwide

Co-sponsorship Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Senate Resolution No. 1185 taking into consideration P.S. Resolution No. 1194
Thank you, Mr. President.
It is an honor and privilege to co-sponsor the resolution congratulating and commending the Jesus is Lord Church Worldwide on the occasion of its 46th Founding Anniversary.
From its humble beginnings in 1978, with 15 bible study members at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines then known as Philippine College of Commerce, Jesus Is Lord Church has grown to over 5 million members […]

Message of Senator Loren Legarda on her Conferment of Officier dans l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur

Bonsoir à tous!
It is with much gratitude and humility that I receive the title of Officier of the Legion of Honor by the French Government led today by Her Excellency Marie Fontanel. It was eight years ago that I was first honored with the title of Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur, and today, standing here as an Officier, I am even more inspired to live up to the noble principles this award represents.

This award is more than […]