Leni Robredo

Peace Studies and Conflict Resolutions

- In terms of the conflict resolutions, Leni Robredo slams Beijing for Hague ruling
and urges the Duterte administration to show bravery to fight for the country’s
rights and for its people. Relating to this, Robredo has also been vocal into being
against Death penalty as she won’t deter crime and believes that the government
shoulf focus on improving our justice system to be more accessible for the
Filipino people.
Trade and Development
- Robredo has proposed to prioritize the reactivation of the manufacturing sector
as to help in restoring the health of our national balance sheet. Policy-wise, she
intends to recoup our lost grounds in national competitiveness;focus on
implementing the Ease in Doing Business Act; strengthen the Philippine
Competition Commission; speed-up the digitalization of government.
Savings And Credit
- Robredo contributed a total value of 12.3 billion help to the families and 42.17
Million worth of help towards the communities. She made 12.80 million
contributions towards the transitory shelters and shelter kits for Marawi.
Health and Nutrition
- Starting with the COVID-19 response, she opted for a 503 M response for the
pandemic, contributed 58.84 M Testing kits and PPES, even proposing Vaccine
Express for the vaccination of people. Also, she has also given help towards the
frontline workers through building 43.98 million dormitories, providing 14 million
hot meals and 2.5 M support for the employees that are exposed to COVID-19.
Education
- Regarding education, she appraised 19.75 Million value of gadgets and items
raised via Kaya Natin donation drive for Bayanihan E-skwela,Community learning
hubs, instructional videos for teachers and parents.Meanwhile, OVP has also
partnered with USAID and PBEd to provide free technical skills and
employability training for over 1,000 unemployed and out of school Filipino youth.
Population
- Vp Leni backed the passage into law of the Unemployment Insurance Bill that
creates an unemployment insurance system to protect Filipinos that are affected
towards the pandemic.
- She also proposed ‘Angat Buhay’ that helped thousands of people into extending
their assistance to marginalized families by bringing together the public and
private sector and covered the rehabilitation and response to the pandemic.

Agriculture and Industrialization

 - Leni also proposed to the government to invest more in agriculture to ensure that
the current health crisis does not become a food crisis. She identified climate
resilient agriculture and maritime-related industries as paths to growth.
Poverty and Inequality
- Leni Robredo mobilized through the OVP’s Angat Buhay with 330 partnered
organizations worth 444.14 million worth of resources for the people. She also
proposed 8.93 million worth of projects, farm inputs,livestock, development and
training wherein 127 individuals and 18 accredited Civil Society Organizations
were assisted.

Isko Moreno

Peace Studies and Conflict Resolutions

- Moreno has said he would continue the Duterte administration's flagship war on
drugs but without extra-judicial killings linked to it.
- Isko Moreno also proposed that he would allow foreign probers under the
International Criminal Court to come to the Philippines to investigate alleged
crimes against humanity under the Duterte administration.
Trade and Development
- Isko Moreno’s socio-economic plan is entitled Bilis Kilos. It is a well-considered
plan designed to pump-prime the economy while addressing the fundamental
weaknesses of government institutions. The intention is to allocate 1.3% of GDP
towards the sector, 16 times more than what was spent in 2020.
Savings And Credit
- Moreno has said he would prioritize giving financial assistance to micro, small,
and medium enterprises, including 0% interest on loans in financial institutions.
- As he proposed the MSMEs, the lifeblood of philippine economy taking up
62.66% of our country’s employment for the financial sector.
Health and Nutrition
- In healthcare, Moreno intends to increase the salaries of public healthcare
professionals to dissuade them from leaving the country. More hospitals will be
built including those that specialize in mental illness (a neglected aspect of
healthcare). The goal is to achieve a ratio of 1.7 beds for every 1,000 Filipinos.
Education
- In education, Moreno aims to elevate the aptitudes of Filipino students to the
level of their ASEAN peers. He commits to appropriate 4.3% of GDP for
expanding the reach and quality of learning.

Population
 - The development of MSMEs (Micro-, Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises) will
be achieved through a four-point plan which includes increasing available credit
to entrepreneurs from P1.5 billion today to P30 billion; reduce the cost of doing
business; facilitate ease in doing business and help MSMEs adopt to new
technologies.
- He also proposed to increase the number of foreign visitors to 24 million per year
by 2028. This will be done by strengthening tourism infrastructure and aggressive
international promotions.
Agriculture and Industrialization
- On infrastructure, electric power will be given priority with the construction of
more power plants from renewable sources. This will be complemented by the
long overdue interconnection of the Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao grids. As for
water, the target is to attain 100% water access coverage by 2026.

Poverty and Inequality

- He will pursue a “Life and Livelihood” economic policy that aims to address
poverty, hunger, unemployment, inequality and social injustice through an
inclusive and equitable infrastructure development program as spelled out under
his 10-point Bilis Kilos Economic Agenda.

Panfilo Lacson

Peace Studies and Conflict Resolutions

- Lacson affirms the idea to form alliances with “equally militarily strong countries”
such as the United States, European countries, and Australia.He also wants the
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to do rounds in the vicinity as joint military
exercises are being done with allies, with a side objective to protect Filipino
fishermen.
Trade and Development
- Panfilo ‘Ping’ M. Lacson has added the ‘One Town, One Product’ (OTOP) policy
as it is an inclusive local economic growth through the development and
marketing of featured products and services from a particular locality.
Savings And Credit
- Lacson is the only candidate that promised budget reform. The idea is to stop the
corruption leakage which amounts to P700 billion a year.
Health and Nutrition
-Implementation of the Universal Healthcare Program. With a budget of P260 billion,
Lacson promises to expand healthcare capacities to one bed for every 800 Filipinos,
provide one health station for every barangay, and one Rural Health Unit for every
20,000 citizens.
Education
- As for education, he promises to build one school in every barangay and
proposes free college education complemented with a paid internship program.
Population
- Lacson proposed to Invest more in local research and development (R&D) to
improve the manufacturing sector, so that job opportunities would be more
available for Filipinos.
Agriculture and Industrialization
- Lacson plans to reform the agricultural sector by providing subsidies for seeds,
fertilizers, machinery, and irrigation.
Poverty and Inequality
- He stressed the urgency of a budget reform, pointing out that the government
annually has P328 billion in unused funds. He also pointed out that he’ll resolve
poverty through strengthening the education system in our country.

Leody De Guzman

Poverty and Inequality

- Ka Leody believed that the trapos or the tradional pliticians are tho one held liable
for the risng poverty in the country. He also said that the trapos do not have solution
to lessen the rising population rate in the country.

Peace Studies and Conflict Resolutions

- Ka Leody will be holding accountable the local judicial system and the
International Criminal court for the thousands of extrajudicial killings.As per his
platform also includes reclaiming the ill-gotten wealth of the Marcoses.
Trade and Development
- Guzman focuses on the economic recovery as we suffer economic losses due to
the pandemic. De Guzman also said he wants to use part of the country's gross
international reserves (GIR) to fund the country's "industrialization" instead of
using it to stabilize foreign exchange rates.
Savings And Credit
- De Guzman proposes an end to the persecution of media outlets and
guaranteeing the freedom of expression and right to information and significantly
reduce the budget of all security-related and defense agencies relative to the
budget for social services.
Population
- He also plans to reorient the economy to meet domestic needs of the workers.
As he included in his plans to abolish contractualization as hindrance for people
in their jobs ending because of the signed contract.
Agriculture and Industrialization
- Abolishment of the Rice tariffication law, which lifted import restrictions on rice
with hopes of making rice more affordable but instead caused a drop in local rice
prices, affecting farmers.Including into the platform, De Guzman also proposes to
Uphold principles of workers’ control and welfare of farmers.

Bongbong Marcos

Poverty and Inequality

- He vowed to push the 4Ps or the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino. He also planned
to create more jobs to hasten the economy's recovery. "We must prepare
ourselves for that recovery, and we have to create jobs. That’s the first and most
critical element in all of these, kailangan talaga ‘yung makabalik ang mga Pinoy
sa trabaho,”
Agriculture and Industrialization
- In his one interview, Marcos said that we should enhance the country's
agricultural system to ensure farmers' welfare, which the Covid-19 pandemic has
heavily impacted. He explained the approaches and programs to assist the
farmers until post-harvest production.
Population and Education
- BongBong Marcos aids in increasing the number of scientists in the country to
help spur economic activities. He said that we need to build more science high
school, especially in the provinces, for those equally qualified and interested in
the field of science.
Health and Nutrition
- Marcos has vowed to reorganize the health care system in the country. It
ensures that DOH will not repeat the problems we encountered during the
pandemic. He said that we should use our experiences to fix that so medical
issues arise in the future, we will be ready.
Trade and Development
- The aspiring president wants the Philippines to become the next logistic
powerhouse in the Asia. He said that it’ll help raise the economy’s import and
export opportunities. He also shared his plan for MSMEs or the Micro, Small and
Medium-sized enterprises.

Manny Pacquiao

Poverty and Inequality

- It is the most known platform of the presidential candidate. Manny Pacquaio aims
to lessen the rising level of poverty rate in the country. he wants to help every
 people in the country most especially those family below the poverty line and
those homeless people. He implemented this platforms because he was once
poor and he do not want anyone to experience the same burden he felt before
when he was a child.
Education
- Manny Pacquaio vows to strengthen the tertiary level of education in the country.
he would like to open new opportunities to those undergraduate students who
have gained enough work experience to merit in their advancement in their
present profession by expanding the CHED and ETEEAP. He also plans to give
students and teachers the basic need during online class like laptops and tablets.
Agriculture and Industrialization
- He said in one of his interviews that he would like to improve providing supports
for farmers and fisherfolks.
Trade and Development
- According to Presidential candidate Manny Pacquiao, importation must be
stopped as the country should be exporting instead.
Health and Nutrition
- Manny Pacquaio aims to focus on the healthcare of the country. He also mulled
for 1 year freeze on the Phil-health premium rate hike for health care
professionals.