Message of Senator Loren Legarda: 2024 Philippine Environment Month Culminating Activity with DENR Partners and Stakeholders

My warmest greetings to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources on the culmination of the 2024 Philippine Environment Month. Multiple sectors are gathered here tonight united by our shared advocacy of environment protection and natural resources conservation.

Even tenured communities in our public lands, those entirely dependent on natural wealth, and those living among our threatened wildlife must have their voices heard and be represented. Allow me to liken these sectors to a rainforest floor, teeming with life but with […]

Message of Senator Loren Legarda: 25th Anniversary of the Mother Earth Foundation

Message of Senator Loren Legarda
25th Anniversary of the Mother Earth Foundation
June 13, 2024 6:00 PM | Atencio-Libunao Hall, UP Diliman, Quezon City
 
My warmest greetings to the Mother Earth Foundation (MEF) on your 25th Anniversary, and congratulations to my fellow awardees of the MEF’s 25 Zero Waste Heroes. Today is a celebration of our collective journey towards stronger collaboration for environment preservation and climate action.
Mother Earth Foundation and I witnessed firsthand the impacts of improper waste management on our […]

MENSAHE PARA SA IKA-126 NA ANIBERSARYO NG ARAW NG KALAYAAN NG PILIPINAS

Ako ay nagagalak sa panibagong pagkakataon para sa sambayanang Pilipino na gunitain ang isang mahalagang bahagi ng ating kasaysayan.
Sa ika-isandaan at dalawampu’t anim na anibersaryo ng kalayaan ng Pilipinas, nananatiling matibay na paalala ang pagdiriwang na ito sa mga laban at sakripisyo ng ating mga ninuno para matamasa natin ang kaayusan at demokrasya sa lipunan ngayon.
Ang Araw ng Kalayaan ay para sa lahat ng Pilipinong patuloy na nagsusumikap upang makapagbigay ng magandang buhay sa kanilang pamilya… Para sa mga Pilipinong […]

Speech of Senator Loren Legarda: Launch of the “Blue Nations – France and Philippines: Partners for the Oceans”

Launch of the “Blue Nations – France and Philippines: Partners for the Oceans”
June 5, 2024
Admiral Hotel, Manila
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am thrilled to be here today to follow through on what France and Costa Rica pioneered a few years ago, the High Ambition Coalition (HAC) for Nature and People. Soon after the initiative, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework gained acceptance by much of the world and brought our goals to conserve 30% of the planet by 2030 closer to […]

13th Anniversary of the GOCC Governance Act of 2011

Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, and dedicated staff of the Governance Commission for GOCCs, good morning. It is an honor to join you today as we celebrate a significant milestone in our nation’s commitment to good governance—the 13th anniversary of the GOCC Governance Act of 2011.
Thirteen years ago, during my second term as Senator, I cast my vote in favor of Senate Bill No. 2640, which subsequently became Republic Act No. 10149, the very Act we commemorate today. Our collective […]