Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda Q&A on Covid-19 vs the Workforce: Navigating through Labor Issues in Health Crisis

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 […]

DEPUTY SPEAKER LOREN LEGARDA Representative, Lone District of Antique House of Representatives Philippine Bamboo Industry Development Council (PBIDC) NCR-South Luzon Virtual Bamboo Summit 12 April 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 […]

Privilege Speech of Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda on Women’s Month

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 […]

Keynote Speech of Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda for the 7th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum

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 […]

Speech of House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda Lone District of Antique Representative, House of Representatives “Women and Inclusive Security and Peace: Women Leaders Breaking Glass Ceilings in a VUCA World” 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 […]