For the second time, I was elected to the Philippine Senate in 2007 with the highest number of votes, an overwhelming show of support, trust and confidence in the kind of leadership that the Filipino people know me for. With great pride, therefore, I joyfully embark on this journey of public service that steers our nation back to the right course in our quest to become a great nation once again.
In my visits throughout the country, I had repeatedly felt honored to stand witness to the best of who we are as a nation, as a people, as a community. And such priceless privilege is what continues to inspire me and encourage me to work hard as your public servant. Whether through vital pieces of legislation or civic-oriented programs, I endeavor to be able to touch the lives of the millions of Filipinos who voted for me.
In these most challenging times, no kind thought, no good deed, no comforting word, no honorable intention is ever wasted. Each one that we give becomes part of a circle that moves, touches, and changes the life around us, and returns to us in a surprising multitude of miraculous echoes, so that even as we face the darkness of struggles, conflicts and indifference, we are able to find the strength to dream more daringly, serve more generously, hope more fervently and fearlessly live. For only by being united and steadfastly committed to one another can we conquer new heights and explore new horizons….
Sa tulong ng inyong walang-sawang suporta at pagmamahal, patuloy ko kayong paglilingkuran ng buong husay at katapatan, sa abot ng aking makakaya. Maraming salamat po!
Loren pushes for correct implementation of AFMA to hasten Agricultural and fisheries modernization
Senator Loren Legarda, chairperson of the Senate committee on agriculture and food, is pushing the agencies implementing the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA) to correct the implementation of the law.
Since the joint congressional meeting of the Congressional Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization (COCAFM) on June 3, 2009, attended by the AFMA agencies and called by the lady senator and her counterpart in the Lower House, Representative Abraham Kahlil Mitra, the Department of Agriculture has been conducting inter-agency planning and budgeting workshops to recapture the true intent of the law.
"For eleven years of AFMA implementation, the AFMA agencies have not really sat down together to discuss creative ways of utilizing the safety net provided for in AFMA. They have not been working in concert.", the lady senator said.
Secretary Arthur Yap, when asked for reasons why the Department of Agriculture, the lead AFMA agency in the implementation of the law, have not been talking to each other, the secretary said it was difficult to instruct co-equal departments and to deal with the problem of turfing.
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