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It's a positive news, I believe, because here is a tandem that can represent genuine political change for the country AND WILL LEAD in changing the country. Two respectable senators, dedicated in their respected causes. Two individual coming from two influential and respectable political clans.
ABOUT NOYNOY
Noynoy or Benigno Simeon Aquino III, is the only son of democracy icons, the late Senator Benigno Aquino Jr and the late former president Corazon Cojuangco Aquino. An economics graduate of Ateneo de Manila University, he relentlessly espouses public accountability, and a staunch advocate of liberal democracy.
The Aquino-Cojuangco clan, one of the premier political clans in the country, has already produced one president, three senators, several congressmen and one mayor. The clan had seven members in the 13th Congress namely: Agapito Aquino (2nd, Makati City), Benigno Aquino III (2nd, Tarlac), Jesli A. Lapus (3rd, Tarlac), Carlos Cojuangco (4th, Negros Occidental), Marcos Cojuangco (5th, Pangasinan), Victor Sumulong (Lone, Antipolo City) and Gilberto Teodoro, Jr. (1st, Tarlac).
Among the accomplishments of Noynoy include:
* House Bill No. 4251 – granting annual productivity incentives to all workers
in the private sector
* House Bill No. 4397 – strengthening the regulatory power of the Department of
Trade and Industry (DTI) to effectively enforce consumer
laws
* House Bill No. 4252 – increasing the penalties for non-compliance of the
prescribed increases and adjustments in the wage rates
of workers
* House Bill No. 3616 – extending the reglementary period for the educational
qualification for PNP members
* House Bill No. 1842 – providing for the codification of criminal laws
* House Resolution No. 65 – inquiry in aid of legislation into the policies and
processes of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) in
granting rate increases to electric utilities
* House Resolution No. 788 – creating a select Congressional Oversight Committee
on intelligence funds to check and study the use of
intelligence funds by government agencies to ensure
that funds allocated therefor are utilized for the
purpose they are intended
Noynoy also made the procurement of the petroleum, oil and lubricant (POL) requirements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines transparent by requiring public bidding.
ABOUT MAR
Mar Roxas or more popularly know as Mr. Palengke, is the son of the illustrious Senator Gerry Roxas, and the grandson of the venerable President Manuel Roxas whose public service careers have greatly benefited the country. MAR graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1974 and the Wharton School of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1979. Before entering public service, MAR worked as an investment banker, mobilizing venture capital funds for Small and Medium Enterprises.
As a congressman, MAR espoused consumer protection, underscoring the right of every Filipino to affordable medicines, as his personal advocacy. His landmark laws include, among others:
* RA 8759 - establishing in all municipalities a Public Employment Service
Office which serves as employment facilitation and information
center, and links all job opportunities within the region;
* RA 8748 - amending the Special Economic Zone Act by directly allocating to the
municipality or city 2% (out of the 5%) gross tax to be collected
from the establishments operating in the ecozone and providing for
disturbance compensation for persons to be displaced or evicted by
publicly-owned ecozones;
* RA 8756 - incentivizing the establishment of regional headquarters to
encourage investment and operation of multinational companies in the
country and to generate more jobs.
MAR's stint in the House is most noted for his principal authorship of RA 7880, also known as the Roxas Law, which ensures fair distribution of the education capital budget among all the provinces. This gave life to his advocacy for fair and equitable access to education, free from regional bias and political patronage considerations.
If during their stints as senators have produced so much, then it will not be a surprise that together, they can achieve more and greater results.
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