1. Loren Legarda previously served three terms in the Senate from 1998 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2019.
66 Facts About Loren Legarda
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Loren Legarda is the longest-serving female Senator in the history of the Senate, and the only female in the Philippines to top two senatorial elections: 1998 and 2007.
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Loren Legarda ran for vice president in 2004 as the running mate of Fernando Poe Jr.
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Loren Legarda fell short again vying for the same position in 2010 as the running mate of Manny Villar.
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Loren Legarda is an advocate of climate change awareness and has numerous achievements in the fields of social development and human rights advocacy along with her work in journalism.
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In 2018, Loren Legarda became a Commissioner of the newly formed international organization, Global Commission on Adaptation.
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Loren Legarda chaired the Climate Vulnerable Forum, which encompasses 20 climate vulnerable countries.
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Loren Legarda was declared by the United Nations as a UN Global Champion for Resilience in 2015.
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Loren Legarda was the 2016 recipient of the prestigious Dangal ng Haraya Patron of Arts and Culture.
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Loren Legarda has been named as honorary princess and member by numerous indigenous people communities in the Philippines due to her support for indigenous people's rights since the 1970s.
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Loren Legarda was honored as a Chevalier in France and Cavaliere in Italy.
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Loren Legarda was born on January 28,1960, in Malabon as Lorna Regina Bautista Legarda, the only daughter of Antonio Cabrera Legarda and Maria Salome Basilia "Bessie" Gella Bautista.
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Loren Legarda's maternal great-grandfather, Ariston Rendon Gella, was a member of the Malolos Congress that crafted the Philippine Constitution of the First Philippine Republic.
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Loren Legarda attended Assumption College from primary to high school, where she was a grade school valedictorian.
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Loren Legarda pursued post-graduate courses on special studies towards professional designation in journalism from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Loren Legarda began a career in journalism as a reporter for RPN, during which she covered topics including Imelda Marcos' trip to Kenya and the People Power Revolution.
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Loren Legarda became the co-anchor of the television newscast, The World Tonight with Angelo Castro, Jr.
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Loren Legarda ran for the Senate in 1998 under the Lakas-NUCD-UMDP Party.
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Loren Legarda was elected with more than 15 million votes, rendering her the highest number of votes in that year's election and becoming the second woman to top a Philippine senatorial election.
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Loren Legarda authored the Eid'ul Fitr Holiday Law, Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003, and the Philippine Ear Research Institute Act.
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Loren Legarda was named as one of the "Global Leaders for Tomorrow" by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in 2000, and was awarded by the United Nations Environmental Program in Turin, Italy, for her work on the environment in 2001.
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Loren Legarda was later chosen to be the Senate's Majority Floor Leader from 2001 to 2004, becoming the first woman to hold the position.
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In 2007, Loren Legarda decided to run again for Senate under the banner of the Genuine Opposition coalition.
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Loren Legarda won, receiving more than 18 million votes, which allowed her to become the top vote-getter in that election.
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Loren Legarda was a member of the Philippine delegation during the 2009 Copenhagen Summit.
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On July 14,2009, Loren Legarda expressed her interest to run as president during the 2010 elections.
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Loren Legarda lost her bid for the Philippine vice presidency to Jejomar Binay, placing third in the 2010 Philippine presidential elections.
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In 2010, Loren Legarda was given chairmanship for the Senate committees on climate change, cultural communities, and foreign affairs.
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Loren Legarda was reelected during the 2013 elections, garnering the second highest number of votes among the 12 winning senators.
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Loren Legarda chaired the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resource and the Senate Committee on Finance.
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Loren Legarda reportedly persuaded former Environment Secretary Gina Lopez to accept the post she was given as she believed and knew Lopez's strong management and implementing skills in environmental conservation.
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Loren Legarda was one of only 8 lawmakers who were in favor of Gina Lopez retaining the environment secretary post during her confirmation hearing which ousted Lopez from her position.
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Loren Legarda was among the 14 senators who filed a resolution urging the Supreme Court to review its ouster decision in regards to the quo warranto petition against Maria Lourdes Sereno.
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Loren Legarda spearheaded in the Senate the ratification of more than 10 international treaties.
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Loren Legarda led the investigation on the environmental crisis in Boracay.
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Loren Legarda was awarded as a United Nations Global Champion for Resilience in 2015 due to her advocacy and actions on climate change and environmentalism.
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Loren Legarda became part of a special Philippine delegation to the French Senate to discuss about the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year 2020.
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Loren Legarda was named Chevalier in the Ordre national de la legion d'Honneur by the government of France.
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Loren Legarda focused on the enhancement of Philippine culture and the arts.
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Loren Legarda pushed for the creation of the Department of Culture and the Arts.
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On February 7,2019, a bill which safeguards the 1,446 Gabaldon school heritage buildings of the country, authored by Loren Legarda, was enacted into law.
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Loren Legarda spearheaded the return of the Philippines to the Venice Bienniale, the most acclaimed art exposition in the world, after 5 decades of Philippine absence in the exhibitions.
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Loren Legarda filed various indigenous people rights, culture, women's rights, and children's rights bills.
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Loren Legarda backed the passage of the SOGIE Equality Bill in the Senate.
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Loren Legarda led the Philippine delegation to the United Nations and urged tougher global actions against cybersex and child trafficking.
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Loren Legarda supported the Philippine Drug War of President Rodrigo Duterte, but said that she does not support the police killings of innocent citizens.
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Loren Legarda authored the General Appropriations Act of 2017 and 2018.
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Loren Legarda co-authored the Philippine Mental Health Law, HIV and AIDS Policy Act of 2018, Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012, and the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act.
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Loren Legarda sponsored the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone Boundary agreement between the Philippines and Indonesia, which led to its ratification.
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Loren Legarda supported the restoration of megalithic churches that were destroyed or damaged by the 2013 Bohol earthquake which affected Central Visayas.
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On October 16,2019, Loren Legarda became a Commissioner of the newly formed international organization, Global Commission on Adaptation.
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Loren Legarda initiated and pushed for her home province of Antique's hosting of the 2017 Palarong Pambansa, the national games of the Philippines.
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Loren Legarda led the first ever churchyard orchestra in her home province of Antique and the unveiling of the first ever Language Monument in the Philippines.
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On October 18, Loren Legarda announced that she will run as congresswoman of the lone district of Antique in Western Visayas in the 2019 Philippine elections.
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Loren Legarda's congressional run went to the court after a local politician argued against her candidacy.
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On February 6,2019, the courts officially allowed Loren Legarda to run for congresswoman of Antique province.
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Loren Legarda was elected as the new congresswoman and representative of the province and district of Antique after the May 2019 elections, where she received a landslide victory against a political dynasty.
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Loren Legarda is running under the Nationalist People's Coalition, and is part of the Reporma-NPC slate, MP3 Alliance slate, and the UniTeam slate.
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Loren Legarda won a seat in the 2022 Philippine Senate election, ranking 2nd in the race with 24 million votes, only behind actor Robin Padilla.
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Loren Legarda is the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Culture and the Arts.
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Additionally, Loren Legarda has garnered more than 30 awards on the field of journalism since the 1980s.
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Loren Legarda has residences in Malabon in Metro Manila and in Pandan, Antique in Western Visayas.
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Loren Legarda is a Colonel in the Philippine Air Force Reserve Corps.
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Loren Legarda is known to be very fond of traditional Philippine textiles, and has started the usage trend of such textiles in the halls of Congress.
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Loren Legarda is an organic eater, growing the vegetables, fruits, and grains that she eats at her backyard.
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Loren Legarda is the presenter of Dayaw, a 6-part series about Philippine heritage and culture.