SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY REITERATED HER COMMITMENT TO PUSHING FOR THE RATIFICATION OF A CONVENTION FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS AND STRESSED THAT THE PHILIPPINES SHALL BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE CAMPAIGN TO ENSURE DECENT WORK FOR THE KASAMBAHAYS.
Read More“Freedom has never simply been the absence of an oppressor. We have won against the colonial shackles that have plagued our history, but this does not necessarily translate into independence. True independence is freedom of the mind: Freedom to think, to become one’s own, and to take action in one’s own interest,”
Read MoreSENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT THE PEOPLE’S SURVIVAL FUND (PSF) HAS ALREADY PASSED THE FINAL STAGE IN CONGRESS FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF THE BICAMERAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT BY BOTH THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BEFORE THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION ON WEDNESDAY.
Read MoreLegarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, made the statement at the Collaboration Workshop for the Pampanga River Basin held at the Oxford Hotel, Clarkfield, Pampanga, which was participated by various stakeholders from Central Luzon including local government units, non-government organizations, academe, youth, media, and the private sector.
Read MoreThe needs and circumstances today, however, have changed. Today’s security challenges require that we strengthen our defense posture through a regime of cooperation with allies with whom we share strategic security interests. Fostering strong defense relations with partners, through SOVFA, is a good defense strategy anchored on national interest, national sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the right to self-determination.
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