P-NOY'S Projects
- Education and labor
He maintained that if the Philippines, which is one of the last three countries to maintain a 10-year basic education program, does not begin the reform soon, more students are likely to drop out of school. Although the endeavor may take about 10 years, Aquino posits that this will diminish the rate of workers who subsist on the minimum wage just because they were not able to acquire the skills needed to land them opportunities in the said potential growth areas. He also pointed out the Department of Labor and Employment’s role in providing forecasts on the career trend here and abroad, so as to avoid “acting on educational plans that serve the needs of yesterday.”
Although the Constitution mandates that the single biggest allocation in the national budget should go to education, Aquino said that the appropriation is still dependent on the budget deficit. Furthermore, he said he would probably consolidate the Department of Education, Commission on Higher Education, and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority under one umbrella body to coordinate the budget and expenses.
- Overseas Filipino workers
- Reproductive health bill
- Price control
- Taxes
Furthermore, Aquino slams sin taxes, saying that they are regressive taxes that have a greater effect on those who can least afford the taxes, citing Filipinos below the poverty line who drink to forget their problems. Instead, he would address the health issues first and mobilize the Department of Health to be at the forefront of the campaign in furthering advocacies and public education on the effects of smoking and drinking. Empowerment of the local government units and communities to implement existing laws, e.g. total ban of smoking indoors, is also seen as an option.
- Environment and natural resources
- Hacienda Luisita and agrarian reform
“ Even at a hundred pesos per square meters, that's more than 4,500 hectares in question, about 10,000 square meters per hectare, that's about P4.5 billion that will go to our pockets. By selling it, that would take care for the debt that we owe. So if money is all that matters here, it would behoove us to just say “Let’s just resort to voluntary offer to sell, then I won’t be encumbered politically, no more issue can be thrown at us.” But if we do that, these nearly 10,000 farmer beneficiaries will be the ones dividing 4,500 hectares, and living on a single hectare is not feasible for an individual farmer. On top of that, payments for the land will be under amortization for a number of years. Doing so just burdens these farmer beneficiaries. ” Aquino said that he has asked the rest of the Cojuangcos to find ways and means to transfer the assets free of debt. Should he become President, he would push for the advancement of the agrarian reform where transfer of ownership shall have a finite quantity, i.e. knowing how many and to whom the land ownerships should be transferred, and reach the stage when we can finally distribute.
- Sports
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Implemented Executive Order # 7 which suspends the privileges of executives of 122 Government Owned and Controlled Corporations (GOCCs).
- Halted anomalous government contracts and transactions (i.e. DND helicopters procurement, DPWH negotiated contracts, NAIA 3 issue, Laguna de Bay project) which saved millions of government funds from misuse.
- Pursued Zero-Based Budgeting to check and audit whether proposed projects are of importance and benefit to the citizens.
- DoF launched the “Pera ng Bayan” website which encouraged ordinary citizens to report instances of corruption in their areas and local government units.
- Philippines was removed from the Organization of Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) tax haven gray list after seeing that the country has “substantially implemented the internationally-agreed tax standards” by introducing new legislation.”