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Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino-United Opposition
Major surgeries.
None, except circumcision when I was nine and my knee replacement four years ago.
Smoking habit.
Medication/vitamins.
No medicine, no vitamins. Sauna once a day, 15 minutes a day for the last 50 years.
Skin care.
Advisers.
Campaign budget.
P 1.5 billion.
My VP Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay is a very good local executive. Maybe DILG.
Cabinet.
No.
Fashion stylist/Barber.
Myself, or my wife. My old barber of 30 years died.
Same as before.
ECONOMY/TRADE/FINANCE
Peace and order. Level the playing field. Eliminate graft and corruption.
China.
Continue with geothermal, look for alternative energy sources. Alternative energy policy
a priority.
Farm to market roads. Irrigation. So our food security is ensured. A hungry stomach knows no
law.
Free trade.
Sectors to be protected/subsidized.
Agriculture.
Sectors to be liberalized.
Media. Para magkaroon ng competition. More jobs. Pati suweldo ng reporters tataas.
OFW deployment.
No choice. We can’t give them jobs here. But their remittances are helping the economy.
Brain drain.
Yes, by prioritizing irrigation, water impounding. I gave incentives to governors who produced
more palay.
Did that already. On tourism, we can’t move forward without peace and security.
Agrarian reform.
A total failure. It’s global competition. Establish cooperatives, give titles to farmers.
Yes.
NATIONAL SECURITY
Peace in Mindanao.
Yes to negotiation, but no to dismemberment of the republic. Won’t allow MOA-AD-type deal,
it’s treason.
Almost.
Which one?
Absolutely important.
China, because it’s an emerging economy and has no record of invading other countries.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
As of now, the US. In a few years, we have to enhance our relationship with China.
Friend. China has no history of invading other countries. It’s purely for business. They are
industrious people.
I don’t like to go on state visits. I’ll travel only for very important meetings to cut down on our
expenditures.
Sabah claim.
Hopefully.
Spratlys claim.
EDUCATION/CULTURE/ARTS
Improving education.
It’s my top priority. Among all our presidents I was the one who put the biggest per capita
budget for education.
Definitely, but government can’t afford it. There’s a growing disparity between rich and poor
kids, where the rich have three years pre-school and the poor go straight to grade one.
Of course.
Importance of English proficiency in national competitiveness.
We have to improve (English proficiency) like China and Singapore. That’s the advantage we
have over our Asian neighbors and pretty soon we may lose that.
HEALTH CARE
I will increase the budget for health care, whatever you want for enhancement/improvement for
public health care will boil down to the budget.
In favor. It is very important to give women a choice of a family they can afford. I am 100 per
cent against abortion.
We can’t stop them until we give them jobs here, and it boils down to peace and order. We could
have the best hospitals and health professionals but if we have poor security, then nothing will
happen.
Cost of medicine.
In India medicine is cheap because they are generic. Here, the pharmaceuticals lobby even to the
President.
JUDICIARY
Yes. The SC should not delve into business and economic issues.
No.
Independence of judiciary.
Avoid influence peddling in appointment of members of the judiciary. So nobody is beholden to
anybody.
No. The President should be made accountable for all his actions.
CORRUPTION
Transparency in government.
People in the government should be made aware of severe punishment awaiting them. No holds
barred investigation whoever they may be.
People should file charges against GMA. Personally, I would not since I have forgiven those
people who have wrongly accused me.
HUMAN RIGHTS
We have to investigate.
Some are.
ENVIRONMENT
Climate change.
Have a climate change commission funded by First World countries, but just continue policies
we started even before climate change became fashionable issue.
Logging/agroforestry.
Water management.
Develop Laguna Lake because that is the biggest source of water. We have a lot of sources of
water but they’re not being developed.
SPORTS
Sports development.
Of course.
Which sports.
Cha-cha.
VFA.
Yes.
Divorce.
Marriage expiration?
Gay rights.
Yes.
Gay marriage.
No.
Death penalty.
My wife does not complain, this is personal and it has nothing to do with my handling the
government. It happens to young men, even to bishops. We all make mistakes.