Mensahe: Hangkat Kinaray-a

December 1, 2018

Mensahe ni Senador Loren Legarda*
Hangkat Kinaray-a
Ika-1 ng Disyembre 2018 | Robinsons Mall, Antique
*Delivered by Prof. Celestino Dalumpines, DepEd Antique MTB-MLE Coordinator
Mayad nga aga kaninyo nga tanan!
Una sa lahat, binabati ko ang Department of Education ng Antique sa pag-organisa ng aktibidad na ito upang maipakita ng ating mga mag-aaral ang kanilang kagalingan sa wikang Kinaray-a.
Binabati ko rin ang lahat ng mag-aaral na kasali sa contest na ito, pati na rin sa mga magulang at guro.
Isa sa mga adbokasiya ko […]

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Speech: Top Leaders Forum 2018

November 29, 2018

Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Top Leaders Forum 2018
“Changing the Game: Building a Culture of Resilience Through Public-Private Partnerships”
29 November 2018 | SMX Convention Center, Pasay City
If there was an off-the-shelf solution to avert disasters, I am certain all chief executive officers of private companies would have already bought it. But not everything comes with a price tag and it is in things that money cannot buy where we draw hope and inspiration, where we foster unity, where […]

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Message: Seminar-Workshop on Digital Archiving of Languages

November 26, 2018

Message of Senator Loren Legarda*
Seminar-Workshop on Digital Archiving of Languages
November 26, 2018 | Sequoia Hotel, Quezon City
*Delivered by Chairman Virgilio S. Almario, NCCA
Good morning to all the participants of this Seminar Workshop on Digital Archiving of Languages and welcome to our guests from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London.
Archiving is vital in the preservation of our history and culture. Noted anthropologists Franz Boas and Edward Sapir considered it as an essential component of […]

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Message: Philippine Pavilion Finissage

November 25, 2018

Message of Senator Loren Legarda*
Philippine Pavilion Finissage
November 25, 2018 | Fava Church, Venice, Italy
*Delivered by Ambassador Domingo Nolasco, Philippine Embassy in Italy
 
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
 
First, let me say that I regret missing the finissage today. But I am happy and proud that our fourth consecutive national participation at the Venice Biennale since 2015 is a success.
 
When I initiated our return to the Venice Biennale after 51 years of absence, I envisioned it to be permanent. A Philippine […]

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Speech: Hibla ng Lahing Filipino Travelling Exhibition

November 8, 2018

Speech of Senator Loren Legarda*
Hibla ng Lahing Filipino Travelling Exhibition
7 November 2018 | Frankfurt, Germany
*Delivered by Dr. Ana Labrador, Assistant Director of the National Museum of the Philippines
Traditional textiles are ties that bind. It links the past to the present and brings together cultures, which, no matter how diverse, has a commonality.
It is in this premise that the Hibla ng Lahing Filipino textile gallery was born in 2012 in two small rooms of the National Museum of the Philippines.
Today, I […]

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