1.9 Benigno

• He was able to get a large number vote through the reformist mantra, “Kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap” under the platform Daang Matuwid (“Straight Path”).
• 4Ps provided financial support to identified families who continue to fulfill the responsibilities of keeping their children healthy and in school.
• No wang-wang policy strengthens Presidential Decree No. 93 implemented in 1973, which declares “unlawful the use or attachment of sirens, bells, horns, whistles or similar gadgets…on motor vehicles.”
• Universal PhilHealth Coverage or RA 10645 for Filipinos financial risk protection through the expansion of the coverage of the National Health Insurance Program PhilHealth in the aspects of enrollment and benefits that included indigents and senior citizens.
• K-12: basic education cycle was extended from 10 to 12 years while kindergarten education became mandatory for all learners
• Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP)broadend the land ownership base and provide the required resources and necessary support services to improve the socio-economic status
• The Bangsamoro Basic Law was signed

  on 15 October 2012 by then GPH Chief Negotiator Marvic Leonen and his MILF counterpart Mohagher

  Iqbal. It is to achieve peace in Mindanao.
• Mamasapano incident undermined the passage of the BBL.
• Philippines of a Zone of Peace, Freedom, Friendship, and Cooperation (ZOPFFC) serves as a mechanism and as a framework of engagement when it comes to dealing with China on the issue of West Philippine Sea.
• the Philippines committed to implement recommendation 6 to “completely eliminate torture and extrajudicial killings” and to “intensify its efforts to carry out investigations and prosecutions on extrajudicial killings and punish those responsible.” But the Philippines has not yet implemented it.
• Ruling families continue to use paramilitary forces and local police as their “private armies.”
• Sexual and Reproductive Rights - Restricted access to condoms continues to impede HIV/AIDS prevention. Aquino pledged to enhance access to all forms of family

  planning, including condoms and introduced a new bill, the Responsible Parenthood, Reproductive Health and Population and Development Bill 2011.
• The Philippines is seen as a regional leader in protecting its migrant workers. The 2010 amendments to the Migrant Workers’ Act should help Filipino migrant workers by requiring the Philippines to evaluate the host countries’ legal and protection frameworks and certify them as eligible destinations.