Message of Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda Signing of the Deed of Donation and Ceremonial Groundbreaking of UP Extension Campus in Antique 04 October 2020

October 4, 2020

Good morning!  Allow me to greet the officials of UP Visayas: Chancellor Ricardo Babaran, Vice Chancellor for Planning and Development Martin Genodepa, Vice Chancellor for Administration Mary Anne Gumban, Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension Rolly Fuentes, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Gay Defiesta, Dean Ramer Bautista of the School of Technology, Dean Ma. Severa Fe Katalbas of the College of Arts and Sciences, Dean Arthur Barrido of the College of Management, Dean Encarnacion Emelia Yap of the College of […]

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Message of Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda Education Capability Seminars for the Department of Education Supervisors of Antique

September 29, 2020

At the outset, allow me to extend my warmest greetings to all the Officers of the Schools Division of Antique led by Mrs. Lisa Beriong and the District Supervisors of Antique who have been chosen to attend this seminar, organized by the Development Academy of the Philippines through the Center for Governance – Operations Management Office. 
I am particularly pleased that this seminar, turned webinar, is finally implemented.  This is part of the capability building program that I funded when I […]

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Mensahe: Turnover of Barasoian Church in Malolos, Bulacan

September 16, 2020

Mensahe ni Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda
Barasoain Church, Malolos, Bulacan
September 15, 2020 | 9:00 AM
*Delivered by NHCP Chair Rene Escalante
 
Isang magandang umaga sa inyong lahat.
Isang malaking karangalan ang makasama kayo sa natatanging okasyong ito upang pasinayaan ang napaayos na Simbahan ng Barasoain, dito sa makasaysayang bayan ng Malolos, Bulacan.
Nagpapasalamat ako sa NHCP dahil pinanatili nito ang yumi at tatag ng dakilang templong ito ng Pambansang Kasaysayan.
Dahil sa taas ng antas ng pagiging makasaysayan ng Barasoain, dineklara itong National Historical […]

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Privilege Speech of Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda On COVID-19 and Biodiversity Conservation

February 17, 2020

We are living our days in fear of even casual contact with each other. Events have been canceled, travel plans changed, the public’s attention consumed by a threat that the world has just woken up to: the 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV) — a new strain of coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China in December last year.  The latest news reports indicated that the World Health Organization (WHO) has already given this virus an official name:  COVID-19.

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STATEMENT OF DEPUTY SPEAKER LOREN LEGARDA Head of the Philippine Delegation to COP25 on the outcome of the recently-concluded climate conference in Madrid, Spain

December 19, 2019

I welcome the conclusion of the United Nations Climate Conference (COP25) held last week in Madrid. I welcome its close for several reasons, not all of which may be self-evident, and so I wish to spell them out:
Confronted by the most serious crisis humanity has ever faced, leaders of the most advanced nations that also happen to bear the greatest responsibility in creating and exacerbating today’s climate crisis, have chosen instead to lean back and watch as the world burns.
I […]

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