On climate change, are you for or against us?

August 29, 2021

It might be too late to save our planet and ourselves, unless we move right now.
 
[Editor’s note: This is drawn word for word from the deputy speaker’s statement on the IPCC Working Group I’s assessment report ‘Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis’ that we are warming the planet more rapidly than the direst of predictions.]
In the grim novels kids these days like to read, they would often refer to a time during which humanity had a chance to turn […]

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Loren Legarda – champion of the Filipino identity

August 29, 2021

Who is Lorna Regina “Loren” Bautista Legarda? It’s a simple question but a complex one to answer.
 
With a storied career in both media and public service, Deputy Speaker and Antique Representative Loren Legarda has gained multiple labels to her name through the years, given her achievements and awards in fulfilling her sworn duty to the Filipino people and her advocacies for the country as a whole. If The Sunday Times Magazine were to enumerate all these, the space in this […]

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Presenting ‘Dayaw’ with pride

August 28, 2021

“For as long as I am breathing, for as long as there are indigenous communities who continue to preserve our identity as Filipinos, I will never stop working to empower them.”
This was Deputy Speaker and Antique Representative Loren Legarda‘s renewed promise to champion the rights of the Philippines’ indigenous people at a virtual interview regarding the ongoing season of her award-winning documentary series “Dayaw” on the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC).
A production of the public affairs cable network and the National […]

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Legarda marks new milestone

August 28, 2021

Legarda has worked with various government agencies to help uplift the lives of many Antiqueños.
Deputy Speaker and Antique Rep. Loren Legarda, virtually received recently the National TESDA Kabalikat Award under the Legislative Category in recognition of her invaluable contribution in developing, enhancing, and implementing training programs that have resulted in better employability of Filipino skilled workers as well as in the promotion of entrepreneurship among Filipinos.
The lawmaker also received the Kabalikat Award at the regional level after being nominated by […]

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Despite the pandemic, the cultural show must go on

August 27, 2021

WHILE the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have shrunk many people’s world’s down to the walls of their homes, the award-winning documentary series Dayaw continues to work on expanding its viewers appreciation of the Philippines with its11th season on ANC, the ABS-CBN News Channel.
The ongoing season delves on Filipino games, martial arts, feats of strength, and dance. Previously aired shows can be seen on the ANC Facebook page.
A production of ANC and the National Commission for Culture and the […]

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