Keynote Message of Senator Loren Legarda | Frankfurter Buchmesse Opening Ceremony | Tuesday, 14 October 2025 | Frankfurt, Germany

Imagine growing up being told that your national hero, the one who sparked the liberation of your people from more than three centuries of colonization, was not a warrior with a sword but a writer with a pen.

Ours was a medical doctor, a poet and novelist, in the name of Dr. José Rizal, who made imagination his sharpest weapon. His words carved hope where despair had reigned, dignity where oppression had prevailed. For that imagination, he was executed in 1896, […]

Message of Senator Loren LegardaPieces of Life: The Philippine Collection

Within this hall, fragments of memory are waiting to start a conversation, woven baskets that used to hold not only grain, but the sound of harvest laughter; textiles marked by the touch of tradition and passed down through generations; fishing gear still breathing stories of salty breeze and mornings spent chasing the wild promise of the sea.

How often do we walk past things like this without realizing how much they shape our lives?

In this exhibition, necessity and imagination come together. […]

Sponsorship Speech of Senator Legarda | Aklan Piña Conservation and Innovation Act | 29 September 2025

Mr. President, distinguished colleagues:

In the Philippines, weaving is not just a craft. It is a living thread that binds our identity, tells our stories, and breathes life into our communities.

Among the many weaving traditions that give color and dignity to our heritage, the weaving of piña has been recognized as the “Mother of all Philippine Textiles” and the “Queen of Philippine Handwoven Textiles.”

From the delicate extraction of fibers from the inner leaves of the red Spanish pineapple or pinya bisaya, […]

Message of Senator Loren Legarda New Beginnings: Philippine Photographic Art

I welcome you all tonight to an exhibition that is more of a conversation spanning continents, a dialogue between the Philippines and Germany that transcends language, geography, and time.

Under the banner of “The Imagination Peoples the Air,” the Philippines takes center stage at the Frankfurter Buchmesse 2025, and tonight, through the lens of Filipino ingenuity, we present to you a part of our cultural program, the exhibition “New Beginnings: Philippine Photographic Art.” The photographs on display are representations of light […]

Co-sponsorship Speech of Senator Legarda | Resolution Congratulating and Commending the Philippine National Padel Team or Padel Pilipinas for Emerging as Champions of the 2025 Asia Pacific Padel Cup held in Selangor, Malaysia, from August 28-31, 2025

Mr. President, esteemed colleagues:

I rise to co-sponsor Senate Resolution No. 120, which takes into consideration Senate Resolution No. 129 filed by this representation. I am very proud to congratulate and commend the Philippine National Padel Team for emerging as Champions of the 2025 Asia Pacific Padel Cup 2025 (APPC), held in Selangor, Malaysia.

I also commend Joanna Tao Yee Tan and Johnny Arcilla for being awarded as the Most Valuable Female and Male Players at the 2025 Asia Pacific Padel Cup […]