Message: RDC and NEDA Antique Briefing

August 30, 2019

Thank you for attending this briefing on the mandates, functions, and responsibilities of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and the Regional Development Council (RDC). It is unfortunate that I am not able to attend this briefing with you as budget hearings are ongoing in the House of Representatives. Rest assured that I am studying the mandates, functions, and responsibilities of the NEDA and the RDC, too.

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Message: Capability Building on Innovative Leadership for Legislative Staff (CBILLS) Opening Ceremony

August 29, 2019

I am pleased to meet the hard-working people behind the great doors and offices of this Congress. Thank you for helping make our legislative sessions, hearings, and meetings faster, more convenient, and more productive.  I can tell that many of you, if not all, work tirelessly to get your job done.

 

However, being able to survive in this kind of environment is not enough reason to stop learning. The goal, as in everything, is to be the best at what you do. Especially because you are public servants, it is important that you continue learning and developing your knowledge, skills, and talents to serve the Filipino people.

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Message: Hibla ng Lahing Filipino Travelling Exhibition

August 29, 2019

Message of Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda
Hibla ng Lahing Filipino Travelling Exhibition
29 August 2019 | NAFA, Singapore
 
 
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 housed the textile gallery, Hibla has […]

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Message: TESDA World Café of Opportunities

August 28, 2019

Isang karangalan ang maanyayahan sa inyong programa. Bagama’t hindi makakapunta dahil kasalukuyang mayroong mga budget hearing at session sa Kongreso, nais kong pasalamatan ang bawat isa sa inyo, dahil kayo ay nagpunta at nakiisa sa programa na ito.

 

Layunin ng Technical Education and Skills Development Authority o TESDA na mapadali at mapabilis ang paghahanap ng trabaho ng mga graduate ng Technical and Vocational Education and Training o TVET kaya mayroong mga programa tulad ng World Café of Opportunities o WOC.

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Message: Launching of the Buhay na Buhay Lecture Series

August 22, 2019

Message of Deputy Speaker and Antique Congresswoman Loren Legarda*
Launching of the Buhay na Buhay Lecture Series
22 August 2019 | National Museum of Fine Arts Auditorium
*Delivered by Dr. Ana Labrador, Assistant Director of the National Museum of the Philippines
 
(Standard greetings)
It is my pleasure to share this joyous afternoon with you. Buhay na Buhay is the product of hard work and perseverance of former National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Chairperson Professor Felipe De Leon Jr. and the dedicated production […]

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