‘Legarda may be Senate chief for 2 to 3 months’

2026-02-05 - 21:36

History will be made—but somehow there’s a time limit. Sen. Loren Legarda may sit as the country’s first female Senate president—albeit briefly for just two to three months—before the end of the 20th Congress. What started out as a joke during the Senate lounge discussion among members of the majority group on Wednesday has turned