Ganito tayo noon, ganito tayo ngayon (Social development)
| Ganito Tayo
NOON Dec. 31, 2000 |
Ganito Tayo
NGAYON Dec. 31, 2009 |
BETTER LIVES | |
| Barangay electrification | 80.1% electrified | 99.39% electrified | With electrification comes better quality of life and progress |
| Water for waterless municipalities | No data available | 319 municipalities | 74% of the 432 target
Improved sanitation |
| Textbook to student ratio | No data available | Elementary=1.1 for English and Sibika
High School = 1.1 for English, Math and Science |
Improved quality of education |
| Teachers’ salaries | P9,939 for Teacher 1 | P14,198 for Teacher 1 | 43% wage increase
Motivation for teachers Able to recruit and keep quality educators |
| Technical vocational training | 556,232 graduates | 1,903,793 graduates | More jobs |
| Classrooms | 221,651 classrooms as of 2000 | 323,684 classrooms as of 2009 | 100,000 new classrooms built under President Arroyo’s term
Provided a better learning environment for public school children |
| Classroom to students ratio | No data available | Elementary = 1:39
High School = 1:55 |
Better learning environment |
| High school educational assistance | 264,435 Educatioal Contract Grantees for Sy 2000-2001 | 508,808 Educational Contract grantees for SY 2008-2009 under GASPE educational voucher system as of Dec 2009 | Improved secondary education |
| Food for School Program | None | 95,440 beneficiaries for 80 days in SY 2008-2009 | Incentive to stay in school |
| Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) | None | 1 million household beneficiaries | Provided poor families with cash for health and education |
| Kalahi-CIDSS program | No data available | 5,555 barangay beneficiaries as of June 2009 | Social development through community projects
Empowered poor communities |
| Philhealth membership | 29.6 million beneficiaries | 81.64 million beneficiaries as of July 2009 | Delivered quality healthcare to more Filipinos |
| Botika ng Barangay | None | 15,000 outlets | Affordable medicine made accessible |
| Low-cost housing for resettled families | No data available | 88,885 families affected by priority infrastructure projects | Better homes |
| Government housing | Ramos: 203,891 housing units built
Estrada: 98,265 housing units built |
294,995 housing units built | President Arroyo built nearly as much as the two previous presidents combined
More housing for the poor Stimulated the housing and construction sector |
| Housing interest rates | 12% interest rate for P300,000 housing loan | 6% interest rate for up to P400,000 housing loan | Cut interest rates in half to encourage home ownership
Made homes more affordable Stimulated the housing and construction sector |
| Pag-IBIG calamity loans for Ondoy and Pepeng victims | None | P12billion | Provided financial relief to residents of disaster-stricken areas |
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
“Safety and health at work every day!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideos
Monthly Observances:
March – Women’s Role in History Month
April – Month of Planet Earth
Weekly Observances:
Last Week of March: Protection and Gender Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week
Last Week of April – World Immunization Week
Daily Observances:
Mar 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transallantic Slave Trade
Mar 27– Earth Hour
Apr 21 – Civil Service Day
Apr 22 – World Earth Day
Apr 28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work
