Gwen Pimentel
Consultation with stakeholders are needed while reviewing the minimum wage. She also agreed that the minimum wage law should be reviewed together with other NP senatorial bets.
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=568669&publicationSubCategoryId=63
Risa Hontiveros
Sponsored and co-authored bills that concerns the labor sector such as Anti-Contractualization and Abolition of Regional Wage Boards.
Ralph Recto
Co-Authored Biofuels Act of 2006 which is said to increase rural employment and income by developing our indigenous renewable energy sources and reducing dependence on imported fuels through the grant of incentives and financial assistance to firms engaged in the production and distribution of biofuels.
Opposed moves to legislate a substantial wage hike
Ruffy Biazon
Sponsored An Act Granting Civil Service Eligibility to Contractual and Co-Terminus Government Employees Who Have Rendered A Total Of Five (5) Years Of Efficient Service, And For Other Purposes which states that Contractual and co-terminus employees are part of the civil service. However, they cannot be given permanent appointment due to lack of appropriate civil service eligibility
Teofisto Guingona III
Sponsored an act providing income extenders to public elementary and secondary school teachers and for other purposes
Authored bills that aim to protect the rights and welfare of OFWs
Jose de Venecia
The Philippines can and should be a world leader in the IT industry. We have the skilled manpower to do so. While call centers will remain a growth sector, we can still develop other areas, notably other high-value backroom operations. Our education system should be geared towards IT, starting at the secondary level.
JV Bautista
To create more job opportunities for jobless people.
Criminalize those who would oppose the right to organize a union.
Put a stop to contractualization and to increase the minimum wage.
Juan Ponce Enrile
We need to teach the people how to work for a living. For those who do not work for a living, it is our responsibility to create one for them.
I am proposing that we should open up the Pacific Side of the country. We should put more roads. There are also lots of water sources in that area. We can use it for additional areas for food and employment.
http://www.juanponceenrile.com/interview23.php
Jinggoy Estrada
“This Representation has filed several bills on local governance, such as the increase of benefits and salaries of barangay officials and employees, particularly, the barangay tanods and barangay health workers; the strengthening of their fiscal autonomy in terms of their selection of a depository bank, their internal revenue allocation, as well as the provision of livelihood and other support services at the barangay level.”
http://www.senjinggoyestrada.com/index.php/articles/view/8.html
Filed bills advocating for substantial wage hike like the P125 across the board for minimum wage earners nationwide.
Authored bills that aim to protect the rights and welfare of OFWs
Jose Apolinario Lozada Jr.
“Priority should be given to our nationals, but we should first overhaul our education system and have our educational standard strengthened. We can only attain the proper wages if we are qualified for the job, but are our educational system geared towards the needs of our country? Lets do the matching system, meaning, curriculum should be based on the job requirements for our country. Other wise, we graduate and train our young people for jobs ousted of the country, OFWs!”
Danny Lim
“The ruinous economic policies that have sought to impose the harshest participation possible for a country whose local economy cannot catch up to the more efficient world industries must be protected until such a time as we can become competitive.”
Ramon Revilla Jr.
Filed bills advocating for substantial wage hike like the P125 across the board for minimum wage earners nationwide.
Miriam Defensor Santiago
Authored bills that aim to protect the rights and welfare of OFWs
Pia Cayetano
Pushed to increase the benefits for uniformed services such as soldiers, police officers, bureau of jail, bureau of fire and other uniformed services.
http://www.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2010/0425_cayetano1.asp
7. Social Services. Will they stop the commercialization and privatization of education and health services?
Franklin Drilon
To give a long term solution to the lack of classrooms by urging Congress to give all its pork barrel to building school buildings, instead of basketball courts and waiting sheds. Drilon said he built over 1,400 classrooms in partnership with the Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce for half the price the DPWH was building it. Drilon also said he donated considerable parts of his pork barrel to the National Kidney Institute and the UP Philippine General Hospital (Batas Media interview).
Satur Ocampo
Enact a universal health care policy that would provide free hospitalization to children and the elderly, reverse the devolution of health services, bring down prices of medicines, and expand coverage of PhilHealth.
Bills on health include Low Cost, Safe and Effective Medicines Act and Health Workers Day Act
Ocampo’s bills for the welfare of senior citizens include Senior Citizens’ Act (free hospitalization), Act Establishing Senior Citizens Wards, Act Exempting Bank Deposits of Senior Citizens from 20% Withholding Tax on Interest Income, National Elderly Filipino Broadcasting Day
Expand free legal services for poor litigants
Guarantee tertiary education for poor students through a comprehensive scholarship and study now pay later policy.
Pushed for bills on education such as Child Nutrition Law of 2007 and National Teachers’ Day Act
Called for the repeal or at least review of the automatic debt appropriation law in order to free up public resources for social services
Allocated a substantial portion of his congressional fund to public hospitals for indigent patients
Liza Maza
Social services, particularly education and health, are basic rights. As stated in the Constitution, the State is duty bound to provide adequate funds to ensure that every Filipino have access to education and health. If elected as Senator, I will push for the highest budget allocation for education, health and other social services, and will stop their commercialization and privatization.
Called for the repeal or at least review of the automatic debt appropriation law in order to free up public resources for social services
Allocated a substantial portion of his congressional fund to public hospitals for indigent patients
Alex Lacson
Lacson called for a law to implement a tertiary education system adapted to the needs of working students. He will also promote community learning centers to provide non-formal education for all. http://alexlacson.net/pinoyalexlacson/university-system
Gilbert Remulla
His main advocacy is health issues. The”Haligi ng Kalusugan” program will increase awareness and preparedness from common ailments like dengue fever, tuberculosis and new diseases like swine flu. The program includes “mandatory health or vaccination programs, efficient implementation of Cheaper Medicines Act (which) ensures compliance from pharmaceuticals”. Remulla said he would secure medical aid to far-flung areas. In education, Remulla promised at least one (1) computer per school all over the country. He said he would work for “computer literacy of all Filipinos regardless of social status, providing access roads to schools especially in far-flung areas/provinces; or available transportation for undeveloped areas, reviewing budget allocations for state universities, revisiting legislation to democratize tuition fees, socialized and low cost housing loan restructuring program and/or incentive programs population-sensitive families.”
http://www.gilbertremulla.com/gcr/pages/advocacy.cfm
Adel Tamano
Tamano said education is his main goal. “If I become a senator, quote me on this ha, all my pork barrel will go to education.” the young senatorial aspirant said.
Called for the repeal or at least review of the automatic debt appropriation law in order to free up public resources for social services
Gwen Pimentel
Known as a family and child welfare advocate, promoting child rights is the centerpiece of Pimentel’s platform. In her CHILDREN agenda, she aims to “promote Children’s Health, Education, Welfare and Safety (Care for Street Children, Protect Children in Conflict with the law), stop(ping) Child Labor, Prostitution and Trafficking and (promoting) Adoption, not Abortion.” She will also work for a higher budget for “universal health care”. As for education, she said courses suited to out developmental needs” should be promoted.
http://gwenpimentel.org/index.php?do=view&page=speeches&id=41
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