March 10, 2014
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA
Privilege Speech on Cyber Pornography
10 March 2014 – Senate Session Hall
On March 8, women took the global centerstage once again with the celebration of International Women’s Day.
While the Philippines has been gaining success in empowering women, challenges remain and new ones have arisen, including cyber pornography—a crime that crosses geographical boundaries in a matter of seconds; a crime that curtails a girl’s freedom to choose a dignified life even before she understands what it means to be empowered.
In Navotas, […]
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March 7, 2014
MESSAGE OF SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA
Abel Ilokana: Celebrating Women Weavers from Ilocos Sur, La Union, Ilocos Norte and Abra
Hibla ng Lahing Filipino Gallery
07 March 2014
Allow me first to congratulate the National Museum. They have aptly placed the spotlight on our women weavers from the North in time for the National Women’s Month.
Today, we celebrate the strength of women and the enduring weaving culture in our country. We also appreciate the men who have acquired the skill, though weaving is an art […]
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March 2, 2014
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA
Keynote Speech for the East Asia Summit
Leadership Panel on Climate Change and Rural Livelihoods
28 February 2014 – Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria
Allow me first to thank the Australian Government and its partners for organizing this Climate Change Adaptation
Workshop. It is certainly an honor to be part of this important initiative.
In a survey conducted by the Nielsen Company and the Oxford University Institute of Climate Change in late 2009, the
Philippines registered the highest level […]
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