Opening Statement: Hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance

Opening Statement of Senator Loren Legarda
Hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance
Briefing by the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) on the 2018 National Expenditure Program (NEP)
16 August 2017 | Recto and Laurel Rooms, Senate
 
Good morning.
 
The national budget is the financial blueprint of a nation’s course towards economic development and progress. A prudent and judicious national budget will steadily steer our path closer to our development goals in this millennial age. That is why one cannot overemphasize […]

Keynote Speech: 3rd Integrated Ecological Waste Management Expo and Environment Summit

Keynote Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
3rd Integrated Ecological Waste Management Expo and Environment Summit
10 August 2017 | SM Aura Premier

Environmental issues have been a long-standing concern not only in the Philippines, but all over the world. Here in our country, we have numerous laws that deal with the environment, with some dating back to the 1970s. But 40 years hence, our environment seems to be in no better state.

Humans live like there is no tomorrow, like all resources are infinite, like […]

Opening Statement: Hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance

Opening Statement of Senator Loren Legarda
Hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance
7 August 2017 | Recto Room, Senate of the Philippines
 
Good morning and welcome to the hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance. On the agenda in today’s hearing are Senate Bill No. 1450 or the Budget Reform Act, which aims to modernize the country’s public financial management system and strengthen the power of Congress over public funds, and the Proposed Senate Resolution No. 43 filed by Senator […]

Sponsorship Speech: Senate Concurrence to the Convention Concerning the Protection of the Right to Organise and Procedures for Determining Conditions of Employment in the Public Service (ILO Convention 151)

Sponsorship Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Senate Concurrence to the
Convention Concerning the Protection of the Right to Organise and Procedures for Determining Conditions of Employment in the Public Service (ILO Convention 151)
2 August 2017 | Senate Session Hall
Mr. President, distinguished colleagues:
For a well-functioning and stable government, attainment of our desired sustainable development goals, and a just, peaceful, prosperous and thriving society, it is indispensable for our country to have a public service with strong and […]

Co-Sponsorship Speech: Committee Report No. 144, Senate Bill No. 1534 – An Act Amending RA 8439, also known as the Magna Carta for Scientists, Engineers, Researchers and other S&T Personnel

Co-Sponsorship Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Committee Report No. 144, Senate Bill No. 1534
An Act Amending RA 8439, also known as the
Magna Carta for Scientists, Engineers, Researchers and other S&T Personnel
Mr. President,
I rise to express my full support for Senate Bill No. 1534, An Act Amending Republic Act No 8439, also known as the Magna Carta for Scientists, Engineers, Researchers and other S&T Personnel in the Government.
The passage of this bill is essential as we […]