Speeches

Keynote Address Senator Loren Legarda Forum on Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge March 21, 2012 National Art Gallery, National Museum Allow me to thank the organizers of this event, led by the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines, together with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, the [...]

Concluding Remarks Senator Loren Legarda The Inaugural Lecture of The Senator Loren Legarda Lecture Series on Philippine Traditional Textiles and Indigenous Knowledge March 13, 2012 Queen Sofia Hall, National Museum   Our rich Filipino heritage is our birthright, our identity and our legacy. It is an inheritance that should not be forsaken in the name [...]

SEN. LOREN LEGARDA The Human Face of Climate Change Friday, 9 March 2012, 1:00 PM Ifugao State University It is my pleasure to be invited here at the Ifugao State University to speak about the greatest development challenge that the world faces today. A kid in this generation would seem to be more fortunate than [...]

KEYNOTE SPEECH OF SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA National Indigenous Peoples Cultural Summit 13 October 2011, National Museum Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen: It is my distinct pleasure to speak before you today in this important National Indigenous Peoples Cultural Summit. Today, we take pride in our cultural rootedness and recognize the people whose lives take us through [...]

Maayong aga sa inyo nga tanan! Itinuturing ko pong isang malaking karangalan na makasama kayo sa pagbubukas ng ikatlong Indigenous Peoples Regional Assembly. Bago po ang lahat, nais ko pong pasalamatan ang National Commission on Indigenous Peoples na namagitan para sa pagdalo ng mga punong-katutubo ng Ka-Bisayaan at mga lalawigang-isla sa Luzon. Nagpapasalamat din ako sa Department of [...]

Madayao! Marajao! Ghempya Dhelabong! Itinuturing ko pong isang malaking karangalan na makasama kayo sa pagbubukas ng ikalawang Indigenous Peoples’ Regional Assembly. Bago po ang lahat, nais ko pong pasalamatan ang National Commission on Indigenous Peoples na namagitan para sa pagdalo ng mga lider-katutubo ng buong Mindanao. Nagpapasalamat din ako sa Department of Environment and Natural Resources, [...]

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you all to the first Indigenous Peoples’ Regional Assembly, which we convene today. In convening this assembly, I am particularly grateful to the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples for gathering our IP leaders all over Luzon. We thank the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Department [...]

Mr. President, Today the international community honors the Indigenous Peoples of the world. Today the struggles of the IPs in the Philippines deserve to be spoken and heard in this August Chamber. We have begun to make significant strides in protecting the rights of our IPs over the past twenty years. After centuries of disregard, [...]

Our rich Filipino heritage is our birthright, our identity and our legacy. It is however unfortunate that as we face globalization, many of us have lost our connection with our roots. In the season of celebrating the National Heritage Month, it is but fitting to help bring our culture closer to our people, to reawaken citizens’ pride in the Filipino [...]

SPONSORSHIP SPEECH “Anti-Discrimination Act of 2011” Delivered at the Senate Floor by Senator Loren Legarda Chair, Senate Committee on Cultural Communities   Discrimination exists in our society. This is a statement we can either refute—if we want to keep on turning a blind eye to this form of injustice; or accept—if we are to face [...]