April 21, 2021
Message of House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda
Wavemakers Wednesday:
Plastic and its Climate Impact
April 21, 2021
Magandang umaga, at isang luntiang Pilipinas sa inyong lahat!
First of all, let me thank Oceana and your partners for hosting this discussion. Thank you as well to all our speakers for sharing your thoughts and expertise on this very crucial issue faced by our country and our planet today.
Your discussion on the costs of a plastic planet is a timely reminder for us to stay […]
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April 15, 2021
Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda
Covid-19 vs the Workforce: Navigating through Labor Issues in Health Crisis
Ateneo Lex: Bona Fide
April 15, 2021
What made you become a public servant?
The ills of society, whether it is the trafficking of women or children, or exploitation of our ecological environment, or domestic violence, or the pollution of the metropolis, or corruption in government, or seeming gaps in the bureaucracy, or the inefficiency of health services, all those and many more moved me to run for public […]
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April 12, 2021
House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco;
Deputy Speaker Deogracias Victor “DV” Savellano;
Secretary Ramon Lopez of the Department of Trade and Industry;
Mr. Rene “Butch” Madarang, Executive Director of the Philippine Bamboo Industry Development Council;
Representatives of the different government agencies, local government units, and stakeholders participating in this NCR-South Luzon Virtual Bamboo Summit, good afternoon!
The bamboo has been enjoying a revival of sorts in recent years. I am thankful to those who have championed and who keep championing its many qualities and […]
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March 25, 2021
Privilege Speech of Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda
Women’s Month
25 March 2021
Mr. Speaker, distinguished colleagues,
As the observance of this year’s National Women’s Month draws to a close, I rise on a matter of personal and collective privilege to draw special attention to the country’s potential in leading the global effort to achieve gender equality and women economic empowerment.
The Philippines has been consistently in the top 10 out of 153 countries in the gender equality rankings since the World Economic Forum launched its […]
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March 8, 2021
Plenary Session on Policy and Climate Governance
7th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum
“Enabling Resilience for All: The Critical Decade to Scale-up Action”
08 March 2021
Good day to all our colleagues in this plenary session on policy and climate governance for the 7th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum.
The massive scale of the climate crisis has never been more evident than today. We meet today in recognition of a planet that is fast declining, as record highs of 2020 as the warmest year and […]
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