June 14, 2018
Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Sikat Pinoy National Arts and Crafts Fair 2018
June 14, 2018 | Mega Trade Halls, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City
In 2008, I shepherded the enactment of Republic Act 9501 or the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Act as we recognized that MSMEs play a vital role in employment generation and economic growth.
As the principal sponsor and author of the MSME Law, I believe that our progress and development as a nation should be pursued with the end goal […]
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June 12, 2018
MENSAHE NI SENADOR LOREN LEGARDA
Ika-120 Anibersaryo ng Araw ng Kalayaan
Dambana ng Pinaglabanan, San Juan City
“Kalayaan 2018: Pagbabagong Ipinaglaban, Alay sa Masaganang Kinabukasan”
Isang siglo at dalawampu’t taon na ang nakakaraan mula ng una nating nakamit ang ating kalayaan mula sa mga dayuhang nanakop sa ating bayan. Noon, sa loob din ng mahigit na tatlong siglo, ipinaglaban natin ang kalayaan, upang magkaroon ng kasarinlan at ng sariling pamahalaan.
Naging matagumpay ang pakikipaglaban ng ating mga ninuno, kabilang man sa […]
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June 8, 2018
Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU)
40th Commencement Exercises
June 8, 2018 | Batac City, Ilocos Norte
My sincerest congratulations to this year’s graduates of Mariano Marcos State University!
You have all worked so hard to reach this level of academic excellence, and it is only fitting that we recognize and celebrate the passion and determination you have exhibited throughout the years.
As graduates from different programs and disciplines, the respective experiences you have had in college might have also been distinct from each […]
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June 4, 2018
Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
4th Asia Pacific Coral Reef Symposium
Coral Reefs of the Asia-Pacific: Working Together Amidst Contemporary Challenges
June 04, 2018 | Marco Polo Plaza Cebu
There is no question that marine biological diversity is enormously important for the Philippines and the rest of the world. Our country, being an archipelago located within the coral triangle, is blessed with a very rich biodiversity. We have one of the world’s richest marine ecosystems, characterized by extensive […]
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May 25, 2018
Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Hibla ng Lahing Filipino Travelling Exhibition
24 May 2018 | Madrid, Spain
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 am filled with pride because from the simple rooms that first […]
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