Senate President Pro-Tempore Loren Legarda has stressed the importance of equipping all local government units (LGU) with geo-hazard and multi-hazard maps for disaster preparedness and management. Legarda stressed the loss of lives and livelihood could have been avoided if critical information on...
Senate President Pro-Tempore Loren Legarda today welcomed the new global deal to establish a “loss and damage” facility as compensation for climate vulnerable developing countries, including the Philippines, due to the destruction brought about by climate change, which they did not cause. The...
ILOILO CITY -- The Western Visayas regional office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH-6) has lauded Senator Loren Legarda for her initiative to secure funding for a new bridge in Antique province after its old one collapsed during the onslaught of Tropical Storm Paeng last...
United States (US) Democrat Senator Edward Markey has called Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda his ‘’climate twin". Legarda made this revelation after she represented the Philippine Senate to a reception hosted by House Speaker Martin Romualdez to welcome the US Congressional...
Senator Loren Legarda has welcomed the passage of Republic Act (RA) 11904, or the Philippine Creative Industries Development Act, which supports Filipino excellence in creative industries. The law, which Legarda co-authored in the previous 18th Congress, is seen as a significant milestone for...
Senator Loren Legarda on Wednesday, Aug. 3 welcomed the passage of Republic Act (RA) 11904, or the Philippine Creative Industries Development Act, which supports Filipino excellence in creative industries. The law, which Legarda co-authored in the previous 18th Congress, is a significant milestone...
“He was the first to bring forth the idea for me to run for the Senate, when I was 37 years old. I owe him much. The Filipino people mourn his passing.” Former President Fidel V. Ramos (Photo courtesy of the US Embassy in the Philippines) This is what Senator Loren Legarda, President Pro...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri said on Tuesday, July 26 that his mind has opened up to the possibility of agreeing to a nuclear energy program for the Philippines. Zubiri issued the statement during an interpellation at the Senate session hall by Senator Francis Tolentino of Senator...
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda on Tuesday, July 26 called for unity toward resilience as the country’s priority strategy in its response to the pandemic and the climate crisis. In her first privilege speech delivered in the 19th Congress, Legarda, an environmentalist, said ’We need...
Four-term Senator Loren Legarda is pushing for the protection of Overseas Filipino Workers' (OFW) money remittances. “The money remitted by OFWs to their beneficiaries in the Philippines goes through intermediaries or financial institutions. In the course of transfer, the amount supposedly...
Senator Loren Legarda has filed a bill seeking to develop and implement an ecosystem and natural capital accounting system that applies to the Philippine environment, giving importance to the role, value, and impact of the country’s natural resources on the economy. “For decades, the debate has...
Four-term Senator Loren Legarda today July 21 filed Senate Bill 8, or the "Pangkabuhayan Act," to stimulate entrepreneurship and empower Filipino entrepreneurs by ensuring effective access to existing financing and livelihood assistance programs. Legarda, who is expected to be selected as the...
