PLATFORM OF GOVERNMENT
On crime, corruption, and drugs
Suppress crime, spread of drugs, corruption within 3 to 6 months after election into office.
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Modernize crime-fighting strategies, like putting CCTVs in major thoroughfares*
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Bring back the death penalty for drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape, robbery, homicide
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Pass the Freedom of Information Act
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Lift Bank Secrecy Law for public officials and pass Anti-Dummy Law*
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Monitor front-line government offices using real-time video and audio surveillance*
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Bring back special criminal courts to speed up resolution of serious crime cases *
On agriculture and fisheries
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Provide free irrigation and subsidized fertilizer and seeds for farmers
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Reduce the cost of food by getting rid of unscrupulous middlemen and loan sharks
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Build food terminals in the countryside with cold storage facilities
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Build Mindanao Railway system
On Labor and Employment
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No income tax for workers earning P20,000 and below
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Phase out contractualization
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Increase salaries of public workers like pollicemen and public school teachers
On disasters and climate change
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Create a single, permanent Emergency Response Department in charge of disaster preparedness, relief, and rehabilitation.
On economic development
Spread economic growth throughout the country and decongest Metro Manila.
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Study the shift to a federal form of government that will ensure provincial development
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Limit requirements for business permits to 5 signatures and impose a 30 to 60-day processing time
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Maintain Conditional Cash Transfer program (Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps) but with a livelihood component that will give loans to the poor for small and medium enterprises
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Establish tourism, agricultural, and industrial hubs in the countryside to create jobs
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Introduce P1 billion “small capital fund” for every region outside Metro Manila where farmers and other poor workers can borrow from to put up businesses
Transportation and Infrastructure
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Add more carriages to train lines
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Build fast train linking airports and seaports to Metro Manila
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Develop Clark Airport and Batangas seaport to ease traffic congestion
On education
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Build adequate classrooms, double classroom shifts
On health
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Require all hospitals to have a facility for very poor patients with government paying for the health services using PhilHealth reserve funds, sin tax revenues, and Department of Health budget
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Create specialized hospitals (heart, lung, kidney) in Visayas and Mindanao*
PLATFORM OF GOVERNMENT
