THE UNIVERSITY of the Philippines (UP) conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws degree on Sen. Loren Legarda at UP Diliman’s 107th General Commencement Exercises on June 24, 2018.
The honorary degree was given to her “in grateful recognition of her four decades of exemplary commitment as a lawmaker, journalist, and an advocate of social concerns such as the promotion of social justice, human rights, peace, cultural diversity, environmental protection, universal access to education, job creation and entrepreneurship, among others.”
She graduated from UP with a BA Broadcast Communication degree, cum laude, in 1981 and earned a master’s degree in National Security Administration from the National Defense College of the Philippines in 1993 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Legarda is also a graduate of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Command and General Staff College.
As a legislator, Legarda authored and sponsored the passage of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Renewable Energy Act, the Climate Change Act, and the People’s Survival Fund, among other key measures.
Just recently, the Cultural Mapping Law, which she authored and principally sponsored, and the One Town One Product (OTOP) Philippines Act, principally authored and cosponsored by Legarda, were enacted into law.
She is currently the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Culture and the Arts./PN
