Loren shows us her roots

Sen. Loren Legarda’s secret hideaway is in the midst of the bustling commercial district of Caloocan and Malabon cities right where you would expect a hardware or a sapin-sapin store.

But Loren’s hideaway, just off Samson Road in Malabon, is a tree-shaded sanctuary, where bougainvillea shrubs carpet the lawn with their fuchsia blooms; where homes from the ‘30s, ‘50s and ‘60s stand proudly still, as if on a Sampaguita Studios set.

All that she is, she confides, is deeply rooted in this place.

Joanne Rae M. Ramirez, Philstar

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