2. Biography of Loren Legarda
Lorna Regina “Loren” Bautista Legarda (born January 28, 1960) is a Filipina
politician, environmentalist, cultural worker, and former journalist who is currently
serving as a Senator and the president pro tempore of the Senate of the
Philippines since 2022.
She previously served three terms in the Senate from 1998 to 2004 and from 2007
to 2019. Legarda also held the post of the House Deputy Speaker during her three-
year stint as the representative of Antique. She 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.
Currently on her fourth term (tied with the longest-serving ever alongside Tito
Sotto, Lorenzo Tanada, Franklin Drilon), Legarda also notably has unsuccessfully
sought the position of the vice president twice: In 2004 as the running mate of
Fernando Poe Jr., and again in 2010 as the running mate of Manny Villar.
3. Early Life
Loren Legarda was born , in Malabon (then a municipality in Rizal) as Lorna Regina Bautista
Legarda, the only daughter of Antonio Cabrera Legarda and Maria Salome Basilia “Bessie” Gella
Bautista. Her maternal grandfather was Jose P. Bautista, editor-in-chief of the pre-Martial Law
newspaper, The Manila Times,while her maternal grandmother was Carmen Gella Bautista of
Pandan, Antique.Legarda’s maternal great-grandfather, Ariston Rendon Gella, was a member of the
Malolos Congress that crafted the Philippine Constitution of the First Philippine Republischool.
Her great-grand-uncle Vicente Gella was governor of the province while her great-granduncle was
mayor of Sibalom. A brother of her grandfather, Bartolome Gella, also served as governor of
Antique.
As a teenager, she appeared as a print and television model.She attended Assumption College
from primary to high school, where she was a grade school valedictorian. She graduated cum
laude from the University of the Philippines Diliman in 1981 with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast
communications and was President of the UP Broadcast Association. She pursued post-graduate
courses on special studies towards professional designation in journalism from the University of
California, Los Angeles.
4. Awards of Loren Legarda
1992 Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) from the Philippine Jaycees
1995 The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS) Award
2000 Global Leaders for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum
2001 UNEP Laureate by the United Nations Environment Programme
2001 Global 500 Roll of Honor by the United Nations Environment Programme
2008 Regional Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaption for Asia and the
Pacific by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
2013 Distinguished Alumna for Environmental Protection and Climate Change Adaptation of the
University of the Philippines
2015 Global Champion for Resilience by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster
Reduction 2016 Dangal ng Haraya Patron of Arts and Culture by the National Commission for Culture
and the Arts
2017 National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Champion by the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Chang[
2018 Honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa by the University of the Philippines
2019 Award of Distinction by the European Union
5. Committee and Contributions
1. Climate Change
2. Cultural Communities
3. Finance
4. Joint Congressional
Oversight Committee
on Public
Expenditures
5. Joint Congressional
Oversight Committee
on the Ecological
Solid Waste
Management Act
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. [1] Her legislative work is focused on
education, indigenous people rights, culture, women’s rights, children’s rights,
and the environment. Some the notable laws she authored and co-authored
include the Climate Change Act, Clean Water Act, Renewable Energy Act, Magna
Carta of Women, Anti-Domestic Violence Act, National Cultural Heritage Act,
Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012, the Universal
Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, and the Universal Healthcare Law.
Alongside her legislative work, she has also represented the Philippines to
UNESCO multiple times. In 2018, Legarda became a Commissioner of the newly
formed international organization, Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA).[2]
She also chaired the Climate Vulnerable Forum, which encompasses 20 climate
vulnerable
6. Proposed laws
Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010 (RA 9994)
Barangay Kabuhayan Act (RA 9509)
Magna Carta for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (RA 9501)
Agri-Agra Reform Credit Act (RA 10000)
Anti-Violence Against Women and Children Act (RA 9262)
Magna Carta of Women (RA 9710)
Anti-Child Labor Law (RA 9231)
Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act (RA 9208)
Philippine Ear Research Institute Act (RA 9245) Universal Newborn Hearing Screeni
and Intervention Act of 2009 (RA 9709)
7. Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) Act of 2009 (RA 9711)
Philippine Tropical Fabric Law (RA 9242)
Holiday Law (RA 9177)
Tourism Act of 2009 (RA 9593)
Clean Air Act (RA 8749)
Environmental Awareness Education Act (RA 9512)
Renewable Energy Act (RA 9513)
Solid Waste Management Act (RA 9003)
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010 (RA 10121)
Climate Change Act (RA 9729) Amendatory law (RA 10174)
People’s Survival Fund, the Kasambahay Law (RA 10361)
Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 (RA 10533) Universal Healthcare
Act (RA 10606)
8.
9.
10. 1.Who is in the picture? Full name
Loren Bautista Legarda
Lorna Regina Loren Bautista
Legarda
Regina Legarda Bautista
Lorena Bautista Legarda
11. 2. When was born?
A. January 28, 1960
B. January 25, 1968
C. January 22, 1965
D. January 20, 1962
3. Where was born?
A. Malabo
B. Makati
C. Masbate
D. Manila
4. She previously served ______terms?
A. Two
B. Three
C. One
D. Four
5. She graduated cum lauded from the
University of the Philippines ________?
A. UP Las Baños
B. UP Mindanao
C. UP Diliman
D. UP Cebu
12. TRUE OR FALSE
6. She is the longest serving female senator?
7. She as a print and television model?
8. She was a grade school salutatorian?
9. She is an advocate of climate change?
10.She is female top two senatorial election?
13. 11. Which is known as RA 9994?
12. Which is known as 9509?
13. Which is known as 9262?
14. Which is known as 9710?
15. Which is known as 9711?
14. Answer
1. B
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. True
7. True
8. False
9. True
10. True
11. Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010
12. Barangay Kabuhayan
13. Anti Violence Against Women and Children
Act
14. Magna Carta of Women
15. Food and Drugs Administration
