April 25, 2024
The books we read shape our thinking, forge our beliefs, and teach us to imagine, beyond our lifetime, and sometimes for generations.
I am glad that we have initiatives like the Philippine Book Festival. I also would like to take this opportunity to share that the Philippines is the Guest of Honour country to the 2025 Frankfurter Buchmesse. It was in 2015, when Karina Bolasco approached me, and introduced the Frankfurt Book Fair. Immediately in 2016, we ensured adequate funding for […]
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April 22, 2024
My dearest fellow Filipinos, we are running out of Earth Days. If, on the first Earth Day, we set about to reach even a modicum of sustainability in 50 years, we would have failed. We are in year 54, and the planet has not shifted gears. I can still name a list of problems that existed in 1970 on the very first Earth Day, still challenging us, and today, we have hundreds more issues to grapple with.
I speak of a […]
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April 21, 2024
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda today supported the declaration of a state of calamity over her home province of Antique due to the worsening effects of the El Niño phenomenon.
Legarda pointed out that the approval will lead to the provision of vital resources and streamline assistance to the most affected, enabling the mobilization of emergency funds, implementation of critical interventions, and the provision of much-needed relief to Antiqueños.
“The declaration of a state of calamity underscores the urgent need for […]
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April 20, 2024
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda, in collaboration with the Office of Congressman Antonio Legarda, is once again hosting the Miss Philippines Earth (MPE) candidates in her home province, Antique.
Twenty-Nine (29) beautiful Filipinas will be visiting the province from April 20 to 21, 2024, as Antique continues to be one of MPE’s environmental partners under this year’s theme, “MPE Heritage,” with a strong commitment to environmental protection and cultural preservation.
Legarda, who supported the candidates’ visit to the province, reiterates the […]
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April 19, 2024
The Philippine Pavilion held its vernissage today at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia and will open its doors to the public on April 20, 2024, at the Artiglierie, Arsenale, Venice, Italy, with the theme “Sa kabila ng tabing lamang sa panahong ito / Waiting just behind the curtain of this age.”
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda, the visionary behind the Philippines’ participation in the Venice Biennale, led the vernissage together with Carlos Quijon Jr, the […]
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