Hibla ng Lahing Filipino Travelling Exhibition

May 25, 2018

Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
Hibla ng Lahing Filipino Travelling Exhibition
24 May 2018 | Madrid, Spain
Traditional textiles are ties that bind. It links the past to the present and brings together cultures, which, no matter how diverse, has a commonality.
It is in this premise that the Hibla ng Lahing Filipino textile gallery was born in 2012 in two small rooms of the National Museum of the Philippines.
Today, I am filled with pride because from the simple rooms that first […]

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Speech: Vernissage of the Philippine Pavilion – 16th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice Biennale

May 24, 2018

SPEECH OF SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA
Vernissage of the Philippine Pavilion
International Architecture Exhibition, Venice Biennale
24 May 2018 | Arsenale, Venice, Italy
Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, the directors of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, present Freespace as the theme for the central exhibition and have urged countries to bring their own Freespace in Venice through the national pavilions.
Today, we are gathered in what Dr. Edson Cabalfin views as the Philippines’ Freespace or “Pookginhawa.”
We are […]

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Speech: How ASEAN Governments are Shifting to Green Growth

May 18, 2018

Speech of Senator Loren Legarda
5th Singapore Dialogue on Sustainable World Resources (SDSWR)
“How ASEAN Governments are Shifting to Green Growth”
May 18, 2018 | Grand Hyatt Singapore
I thank the Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) for this opportunity, as well as my fellow panelists and delegates, as we all commit today to a more resilient and more sustainable ASEAN community.
Our gathering today also serves as an important platform to sustain the discussions during the recently held […]

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Message: “Tie A String Around The World” at De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde

May 17, 2018

Message of Senator Loren Legarda
“Tie A String Around The World”
at De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde
17 May 2018
 
Art is an important platform to highlight creativity not only of the artist and the curator, but also of the spectator. The more a work of art veers away from the traditional look of things, the more it sparks curiosity, and stimulates analysis and dialogue.
 
The exhibit we are opening tonight has already gone to what is considered […]

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Eulogy for Former Senate President Edgardo J. Angara

May 16, 2018

Senator Loren Legarda
Eulogy for Former Senate President Edgardo J. Angara
May 16, 2018 | Senate Session Hall
To the bereaved family of Former Senate President Edgardo Angara—Mrs. Gloria Angara, Senator Sonny and Tootsie, Alex, Anna, Katya, and Congresswoman Bella Angara-Castillo,  my sincerest condolences.
How do I even start honoring a man so accomplished on wide-ranging issues and advocacies? It seems there was no issue he did not know about. How do I choose the words to describe him and the […]

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