March 6, 2021
Good morning, everyone.
We gather today early this March to celebrate Women’s Month, which is meant to honor the leadership and excellence of women in various fields, as well as recognize the struggles and challenges they continue to face at this day and age when gender inequality still pervades in our society.
I thank the Executive Master in National Security Administration (E-MNSA) Class of the National Defense College of the Philippines for organizing this very worthwhile event and for this […]
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February 23, 2021
Good day, everyone. Isang luntiang Pilipinas sa inyong lahat!
Thank you to the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), and the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) for organizing this Future Earth Philippines Regional Workshop for Visayas and for this honor to be part of this important event.
My warmest appreciation to all of you here today—to our national agencies, local government units, state universities and colleges (SUCs), private higher education institutions (HEIs), […]
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January 25, 2021
Mr. Speaker, distinguished colleagues in Congress, my beloved fellow Filipinos:
I address this humble chamber in recognition of a planet that is fast declining, as record highs of global warming, worsening effects of climate change, and economic shocks from this pandemic set us back to achieve our goals on sustainable and resilient development.
Our planet has been sick for more than a century and half, which started when we began to burn fossil fuels that released harmful greenhouse gas emissions. This […]
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January 14, 2021
Thank you for this opportunity to be with colleagues in this Legislators Forum of theInternational Renewable Energy Agency, in partnership with the Global Renewables Congress.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought out the sobering reality that the world is not as advanced, prosperous and as resilient as we thought it to be. We have realized that our societies and economic systems are fragile, and that we are only as strong as our most vulnerable.
The only way forward is to heed science and […]
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December 23, 2020
Isang mapagpalang umaga sa ating lahat.
Natitipon tayong lahat sa araw na ito upang pasinayaan ang pineapple fiber extraction facility dito sa Balete, Aklan, isang pasilidad na malaki ang maiaambag sa pagunlad ng ating industriya ng paghahabi dito sa ating rehiyon.
Ang paghahabi ay isa sa mga tradisyon na madalas ay naisasantabi dala na kinakakitaan ito ng kakulangan ng importansya. Ngunit para sa inyong lingkod, kinakailangan natin ito sapagkat sa mga maliliit na mga komunidad, ang maliit na negosyo ng paghahabi ay […]
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