Senator Loren Legarda encouraged her fellow Antiqueños and citizens of Western Visayas to avail of the Stipendum Hungaricum Scholarship Programme offered by the Hungarian Government in coordination with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
Read MoreSenator Loren Legarda will lead today the inauguration of the Gabaldon school building at Pandan Central School as well as the launch of a Milk Feeding Program and Dairy Development Program for the Province of Antique.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, allotted funding under the 2016 national budget for the restoration of the Pandan Central School Gabaldon Building.
Read MoreThe Hibla ng Lahing Filipino Traveling Exhibition featuring Piña-Seda: Pineapple and Silk Cloths from the Tropics is now open at the Bridge Gallery of the Hamilton Library, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Senator Loren Legarda announced.
The Hibla Traveling Exhibition in Hawai’i, organized by the National Museum of the Philippines, the Office of Senator Loren Legarda, Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu and the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, will run from September 17 to November 17, 2018.
Read MoreIn celebration of the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (September 16), Senator Loren Legarda today encouraged everyone to continue doing their part in protecting the ozone layer.
Legarda, UNISDR Global Champion for Resilience, joined the call to “Keep Cool and Carry On: The Montreal Protocol”, which is the theme for this year’s celebration that urges everyone to carry on with efforts to protect the ozone layer and the climate under the Montreal Protocol.
Read MoreSenator Loren Legarda today said that she was assured by the administration’s economic team that prices of goods and services will soon stabilize following measures being undertaken by the government.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, was briefed by Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Benjamin Diokno, Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Ernesto Pernia, and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Deputy Governor Francisco Dakila, Jr. on the causes of the spike in inflation rate and the measures the government is taking to stabilize inflation expectations.
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