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Emmanuel Sto Domingo Lopez

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63 years old

Workers and Peasants Party

  • B.S. Political Science and Economics, University of the Philippines - Diliman (1981)
  • MBA, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Business Economics Program, University of Asia and the Pacific

Track Record

Professional Experience

  • Labor Party of the Philippines

    Present Vice Chairman, National Advisory Board

  • CISCI Technology Solutions

    2019 CEO

  • The Lincoln Place

    Managing Director

  • NFA Grainscor

    President and General Manager

Significant Works/Projects

  • EdlSA 2.22.15 Coalition

    2015

  • Christian Peace Alliance

    2015

  • EPIRMA

    2014

Platforms

  • Economic Recovery

    • Creating a new Omnibus Investment Code) to improve the way the Filipinos do business that to attract more foreign investments, propel jobs and business opportunities, and livelihood
    • Proposing and passing a bankruptcy law to aid businesses badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
    • Providing low-interest loans for MSMEs, entrepreneurs, workers, farmers, and profressionals

  • Systematic Change and Structural Reform

    • Implementing e-Government systems and digitalization of the tax collection system to reduce systemic corruption
    • Developing audit procedures in tax collection
    • Renationalizing public utilities, particularly power and water utilities to lower rates, protect consumer rights and welfare
    • Improving fiscal policy
    • Supporting the reallocation of up to 40% of national government revenues and devolution of essential public services to local government units

  • Agriculture

    • Integrating agro-industrial-resource development program to enhance the competitive advantage of MSMEs, agri-fishery, mining and strategic industries.
    • Optimize local production, attract more investments to generate jobs, livelihoods and opportunities nationwide

  • Disaster Preparedness

    • Science-based, cost-effective approach to pandemic management and pragmatic strategy for public health and safety protocols
    • Having decision-makers in pandemic response and recovery enact policies that will specifically address the issues beyond commercial and political interests

  • Education

    • Improve quality of education in all levels, aligned with industry needs, socio-cultural values and national development goals

Stance on Issues

Agriculture

  • Decreasing import, increasing export

    Undecided

    Lopez expresses his priority for trade and business through a socio-economic and political reform agenda that involves a proposed new omnibus investment code, a streamlined bankruptcy law, and provision for low-interest loans to help small businesses, the agriculture sector, professionals, and consumers recover.

  • Increased budget for local livelihood, farmers, fishermen, etc

    For

    "I want to stand by the goals of the political party to enhance the interest and welfare of workers and farmers and those under our society." Lopez said.

Infrastructure

  • Road improvements/expansion (skyways, etc.)

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  • Improved public transport (PUVs, Jeeps, etc)

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  • Accountability of telcos for slow internet speeds

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Environment

  • Advanced mining

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  • Satisfaction with Climate Change Efforts (Is the PH doing enough)

    Against

    Lopez acknowledges the need for action on climate change and switching to renewable sources of energy.

  • Dolomite beach

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Family and Women's Rights

  • Divorce

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  • LGBTQ rights (same-sex union, SOGIE)

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  • Legalization of Abortion

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Labor/Worker's Rights

  • Increase of minimum wage

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  • Increased budget and support for OFWs

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Global Politics

  • Ukraine's Freedom from Russia (Russia-Ukraine)

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  • Philippine-China Relations

    Against

    "The kind of foreign policy I'd like to pursue is based on national interest and people's welfare. That means we have to pursue a pragmatic independent foreign affairs policy. We cannot remain as an ally to one nation that will put us in jeopardy." Lopez explained in relation to foreign ties.

Previous Administration

  • Drug war

    For

    "I support the war on drugs because I see the implications of our nation becoming a narco-state while on the same premise," Lopez said in acknowledgment of the drug war. 

  • Current COVID and Disaster Response (lockdown, government measures, etc)

    Undecided

    On the topic of the COVID-19 pandemic response, Lopez expressed, "[Duterte] could have done better, especially during the time of crisis. We can see that there is a need for change. This will not be the crisis we will be facing."

  • Political Dynasties

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5 Manny Lopez

Track Record

  • Labor Party of the Philippines

    Present

    Vice Chairman, National Advisory Board

  • CISCI Technology Solutions

    2019

    CEO

  • The Lincoln Place

    Managing Director

  • NFA Grainscor

    President and General Manager

Platform Key Points

  • Economic Recovery

    • Creating a new Omnibus Investment Code) to improve the way the Filipinos do business that to attract more foreign investments, propel jobs and business opportunities, and livelihood
    • Proposing and passing a bankruptcy law to aid businesses badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
    • Providing low-interest loans for MSMEs, entrepreneurs, workers, farmers, and profressionals

  • Systematic Change and Structural Reform

    • Implementing e-Government systems and digitalization of the tax collection system to reduce systemic corruption
    • Developing audit procedures in tax collection
    • Renationalizing public utilities, particularly power and water utilities to lower rates, protect consumer rights and welfare
    • Improving fiscal policy
    • Supporting the reallocation of up to 40% of national government revenues and devolution of essential public services to local government units

  • Agriculture

    • Integrating agro-industrial-resource development program to enhance the competitive advantage of MSMEs, agri-fishery, mining and strategic industries.
    • Optimize local production, attract more investments to generate jobs, livelihoods and opportunities nationwide

  • Disaster Preparedness

    • Science-based, cost-effective approach to pandemic management and pragmatic strategy for public health and safety protocols
    • Having decision-makers in pandemic response and recovery enact policies that will specifically address the issues beyond commercial and political interests

  • Education

    • Improve quality of education in all levels, aligned with industry needs, socio-cultural values and national development goals

Stances on Issues

Agriculture

Infrastructure

Environment

Family and Women's Rights

Labor/Worker's Rights

Global Politics

Previous Administration

Controversies

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Manny Lopez

1 Lito Atienza

2 Walden Bello

3 Rizalito David

4 Sara Duterte

6 Doc Willie Ong

7 Kiko Pangilinan

8 Carlos Serapio

9 Vicente Tito Sotto

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1 Lito Atienza

Track Record

  • House of Representatives

    2020–Present

    Deputy Speaker, 18th Congress

  • BUHAY Partylist

    2013–Present

    Representative

  • Department of Environment and Natural Resources

    2007–2009

    Environment Secretary

  • Manila City

    1998–2007

    Manila Mayor

  • Manila City

    1992–1998

    Manila Vice Mayor

  • National Housing Authority

    1998

    General Manager

Platform Key Points

  • Unified Governance

    • Emphasizes strong unity and collaboration between him and Manny Pacquiao

  • Anti-corruption

    • Advocates for stronger enforcement of laws regulating smuggling at the borders

  • Pro-life Measures

    • Strongly opposes "anti-life" messures such as abortion, divorce, and the death penalty

Stances on Issues

Agriculture

Infrastructure

Environment

Family and Women's Rights

Labor/Worker's Rights

Global Politics

Previous Administration

Controversies

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2 Walden Bello

Track Record

  • Akbayan Partylist

    2017–2015

    Representative

  • Focus on the Global South

    1995

    Co-founder and Executive Director

  • Institute for Food and Development Policy

    1990–1994

    Executive Director

  • Freedom from Debt Coalition

    President

Platform Key Points

  • Economic Development

    • Reorienting the economy to meet domestic needs
    • Upholding principles of workers’ control
    • Welfare of farmers
    • Taxing individuals with net worth of more than P100 million
    • Cancellation of debt repayment for five years
    • Recovery of ill-gotten wealth from the Marcoses

  • Social Development & Human Rights

    • Fight against the persecution of media outlets and guarantee the freedom of expression and right to information
    • Facilitate the passage of the proposed measures on divorce, decriminalizing abortion, and same-sex marriage
    • Promoting transformative social protection

Stances on Issues

Agriculture

Infrastructure

Environment

Family and Women's Rights

Labor/Worker's Rights

Global Politics

Previous Administration

Controversies

  • ABS-CBN News | March 07, 2022

    Ex-Davao City PIO Jefry Tupas files cyberlibel complaint vs Walden Bello

    Former Davao City public information officer Jefry Tupas filed Monday cyber-libel charges against vice presidential candidate Walden Bello. In his complaint filed at the Davao City Prosecutor's office, Tupas said Bello issued "utterly false" statements that he was "nabbed" for "snorting P1.5 million worth of drugs on November 6, 2021", supposedly in relation to an anti-drug operation at a beach party in Davao de Oro that day.

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3 Rizalito David

Track Record

  • Senator Robert Jaworski and Senator Kit Tatad

    1998–2004

    Head Executive Assistant, Concurrent Director for Political Affairs

  • Political Operation for Mindanao

    1997

    Consultant on Political Affairs and Head

  • Liberal Party-PDP Laban

    1992

    Chief of Reseach and Monitoring Staff

Platform Key Points

  • Faith-centered Revolution

    • Creation of a national commission on moral regeneration and cultural restoration
    • Seeking to re-establish moral standards and norms, restore confidence on public service

  • Covid-19 Protocols

    • Disagrees with mandatory vaccine or other protocols
    • Basing strategy on scientific knowledge and informed consent of the public

  • Anti-corruption

    • Establish a truth commission to investigate all corruption of all past administrations
    • Establishing a separate commission to investigate the management of the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Education

    • Return emphasis on teaching good manners and right conduct at the elementary level, poetry at the high school level and quantum mechanics and relativity principles at the tertiary level

Stances on Issues

Agriculture

Infrastructure

Environment

Family and Women's Rights

Labor/Worker's Rights

Global Politics

Previous Administration

Controversies

  • PhilStar | Dec. 09, 2015

    Comelec declares Rizalito David as nuisance candidate

    The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division on Wednesday declared presidential aspirant Rizalito David as a nuisance candidate. David, a defeated senatorial candidate in the 2013 elections, filed the disqualification case against Sen. Grace Poe before the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET). The Comelec panel canceled David's certificate of candidacy (COC) for president for the 2016 national elections.

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4 Sara Duterte

Track Record

  • Davao City

    2016–Present; 2010–2013

    Mayor

  • Davao City

    2007–2010

    Vice Mayor

Platform Key Points

  • Mandatory Military Service

    • Mandatory military service in the AFP for Filipinos aged 18 years old with paid a subsidy in return

  • Disaster Preparedness

    • Execture disaster preparedness training performed by Sangguniang Kabataan in Davao City on a national level

  • Youth and Adolescence Development

    • Highlighting programs that address mental health wellness such as Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression, teen pregnancy and sex education, and HIV incidents among the youth

  • Healthcare Support

    • Supporting the efforts of legistlators under her senetorial line up to implement and improve Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) processes

Stances on Issues

Agriculture

Infrastructure

Environment

Family and Women's Rights

Labor/Worker's Rights

Global Politics

Previous Administration

Controversies

  • ABS-CBN News | July 11, 2011

    Sheriffs file case againsts Duterte

    The Sheriffs Confederation of the Philippines Inc (SCOPHIL) on Monday filed a complaint against Davao Mayor Sara Duterte for punching a court sheriff serving a demolition order in Agdao district earlier this month.

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6 Doc Willie Ong

Track Record

  • ABS-CBN's Salamat Dok TV Show

    2008–2018

    Residential Medical Expert and Volunteer Doctor

  • DZRH's Docs on Call

    2009–2017

    Resident doctor and Host

  • Department of Health

    2010–2014

    Consultant

Platform Key Points

  • COVID-19 Response

    • Free RT-PCR testing to lower COVID positivity rates
    • Better pay for health workers
    • Additional P100 million fund for hospitals for poor patients
    • Creating more hospitals, including field hospitals
    • Providing more COVID-19 medicines like remdesivir and tocilizumab
    • Improving data to better reflect actual utilization of hospitals and other health facilities
    • Appointing a doctor to head IATF-EID - Introducing simplified quarantine categories: only enhanced community quarantine, modified ECQ, general community quarantine

  • Health Care

    • Providing free laboratory tests under PhilHealth
    • Providing free health consultations
    • Providing mental health care and psychiatry for the poor
    • Making medicines more affordable to the public
    • Improving health care facilities and equipment
    • Creating bills for universal health care, and cancer

Stances on Issues

Agriculture

Infrastructure

Environment

Family and Women's Rights

Labor/Worker's Rights

Global Politics

Previous Administration

Controversies

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7 Kiko Pangilinan

Track Record

  • Philippine Senate

    2016–Present

    Senator

  • Philippine Senate

    2017–2020

    Minority Leader, Commission on Appointments

  • Otso Diretso Senate Slate

    2019

    Campaign Manager

  • Office of the President

    2014–2015

    Cabinet Secretary, Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization

  • Liberal Party Senate Slate

    2010

    Campaign Manager

  • Philippine Senate

    2004–2008

    Senate Majority Leader

  • Philippine Senate

    2003–2012

    Senator

  • Quezon City Council

    Councilor

Platform Key Points

  • Climate Protection

    • Investing in and promote sustainable and climate-friendly agricultural practices, including water resource management

  • Business and Trade

    • Boosting local production and provide incentives to the private sector that will provide support to agri enterprises

  • Social Welfare

    • Building the largest Public-Private Partnership against hunger: Food banks per barangay supported by churches and the private sector.

  • Agriculture

    • Double the budget for the agricultural sector
    • Create meassures to increase the profits of fishermen and farmers
    • Promote the full implementation of the Sagip Saka Act and buying directly from farmers at the right amount
    • Advancing the Magna Carta for Small Farmers

Stances on Issues

Agriculture

Infrastructure

Environment

Family and Women's Rights

Labor/Worker's Rights

Global Politics

Previous Administration

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8 Carlos Serapio

Track Record

  • Office of the Executive Secretary of President Benigno Aquino

    Lead of Consultant Pool

  • Office of the Presidential Adviser on Political Affairs

    Consultant

  • National Coastwatch Center – Office of the President

    Consultant

  • United Nations Development Programme Local Democracy Project in Asia

    Consultant

  • USAID Inventory and Database Project for the Court of Tax Appeals

    Project Manager

  • Local Government of Catanghalan, Obando, Bulacan

    Councilman

Platform Key Points

  • COVID-19 Response

    • Treating respiratory-related sickness such as COVID-19 traditional indigenous practices such as the popular 'suob' practice and the use of virgin coconut oil, among others

  • Government System

    • Shifting towards federalism and people empowerment

Stances on Issues

Agriculture

Infrastructure

Environment

Family and Women's Rights

Labor/Worker's Rights

Global Politics

Previous Administration

Controversies

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9 Vicente Tito Sotto

Track Record

  • Philippine Senate

    2018–Present

    Senate President

  • Philippine Senate

    2010–Present

    Senator

  • Philippine Senate

    2016–2018

    Senate Majority Floor Leader

  • Philippine Senate

    2010–2013

    Senate Majority Floor Leader

  • Office of the President

    2008–2009

    Dangerous Drugs Board

  • Philippine Senate

    1992–2004

    Senator

  • Quezon City

    1988–1992

    Vice Mayor

Platform Key Points

  • Illegal drug policies

    • Advocates for a more holistic approach in solving the lingering problem of illegal drugs in the country
    • Focusing more on more on the prevention and rehabilitation of drug users
    • Applying supply and demand reduction strategies

  • Anti-insurgence

    • Supports the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict but says its officials who make "irresponsible" statements should be dismissed.

  • Budget Reform

    • Advocating for budget reform that will empower local government units and solve budget distribution imbalance in the country

Stances on Issues

Agriculture

Infrastructure

Environment

Family and Women's Rights

Labor/Worker's Rights

Global Politics

Previous Administration

Controversies

  • Rappler | Aug. 16, 2012

    Sotto’s staff admits plagiarizing blogger

    The chief of staff of Sen Vicente “Tito” Sotto III finally admitted that parts of his speech against the RH bill on Wednesday, August 15, were copied from a blog by a foreign author who calls herself the “Healthy Home Economist.”

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