Speech delivered by Rep. Edcel C. Lagman during Likhaan’s “Saludo sa ika-30 taon ng Reproductive Health and Rights sa Mundo: Parangal kay Dr. Espie Cabral, Katangi-tanging Kampeon ng Reproductive Health and Rights” on 21 February 2024 at the Diamond Hotel
Espie and I go back a long way. The first time I met Espie was way back in in the early 1960s when we were both students at the University of the Philippines in Diliman.
Just short of one year after the Committee on Population and Family Relations approved the substitute bill on divorce on 21 March 2023, House Bill No. 9349 or the “Absolute Divorce Bill” has finally been sponsored in the Plenary today.
(Lecture delivered by Rep. Edcel C. Lagman during the First Political Science Consortium at the Ateneo de Naga University on 17 February 2024)
Dios marhay na aga sa gabos. Special greetings to Miss Christine Escote for making sure I would be with you this morning, although only virtually. I truly appreciate the kind and comprehensive introduction.
Rep. Edcel C. Lagman, First District of Albay
Ika-4 ng Disyembre 2023
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(Delivered by REP. EDCEL C. LAGMAN during PLCPD’s “GirlDefendersUNITE Campaign for the Implementation of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Law” on 30 November 2023)
