Senator Loren Legarda has prolonged her ongoing medical leave by two additional days, Senate Secretary Atty. Renato Bantug Jr. confirmed on Tuesday.
Bantug stated that the Senate leadership received formal notification from Legarda’s office detailing her extended time off from August 11 to August 12.
“Sen. Loren Legarda’s office wrote me to inform that ‘Senator Legarda will be on medical leave from 11 to 12 August 2026,’” Bantug said in a text message to reporters.
The extension follows an earlier official leave that the lawmaker took from August 3 to August 5.
“I confirm that I filed a formal medical leave with the Senate covering August 3 to 5, 2026, in accordance with Senate rules,” Legarda stated previously.
Dismissing rumors about her time away, the veteran politician urged the public to refrain from attaching political motives to her leave or her personal travel.
“I ask the public not to draw unwarranted conclusions from my travel or link it to the recent false and baseless allegations, which undeservedly besmirch a reputation that I have built over decades of public service,” she added.