Her Accomplishments
Won with 12.7 million votes, the most number of votes for Vice-President in history. Had more than twice the votes of the nearest rival, and the margin between was the largest margin attained for any position in Philippine electoral history - over seven million votes.
NAMED OUTSTANDING SENATOR BY:
Trade Union Congress of the Philippines
SBN 336, Magna Carta for the Urban Poor
Philippine Graphic Weekly Magazine
Philippine Reporter Magazine
Public Eye Magazine
Emil Jurado, Manila Standard Columnist
OUTSTANDING LEGISLATOR
Garnered the biggest number of votes
in Philippine history (1995 elections) -- an unparalleled 16 million. Another
record that was set is the margin of votes between the first and second placer,
which is approximately 3.2 million. This record still stands in the senate.
Filed over 400 Senate Bills and Resolutions
Authored or co-authored 55 bills signed into law of socio-economic legislation.
These laws constituted the core of the economic program of President Fidel Ramos
-- laws that have brought our country to the status of Asia's next tiger.
Ranked No. 1 in a public opinion survey of performance and awareness among incumbent
Senators
Cited by Asia Week as one of Asia's most powerful women
Selected Woman of the Year by the Catholic Education Association of the Philippines
FOR A BETTER BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
RA 7844, The Export Development Act
RA 7718, The Amended Build-Operate-Transfer Law
RA 7843, Strengthening the Anti-Dumping Provisions
RA 8179, Further liberalizing Foreign Investments
RA 7721, Liberalizing banking in the Philippines
RA 7651, Revitalizing and strengthening the Bureau of Customs
RA 7916, Creating the Philippine Economic Zone Authority
RA 7640, Constituting the Legislative-Executive Development Council
RA 1490, Investment Houses Act (Passed on third reading)
RA 7661, Extending the Life of the Asset Privatization Trust
RA 7903, Creating the Zamboanga Special Economic Zone
SBN 345, Promoting the Development of Interisland Shipping
SBN 358, Development of Micro and Cottage Industries
FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
RA 7882, Providing assistance to women
engaging in micro and cottage business enterprises
Women's desk to provide assistance to battered wives and other victims of domestic
violence
RA 7877, Declaring sexual harassment unlawful in the employment, education or
training environment and for other purposes
SBN 356, Increasing penalties for wife-beating
SBN 362, Mandatory employment of women
Establishment of the Movement Against Sexual Abuse (MASA)
FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
OCW desk to provide assistance to OCWs
and their families
RA 7833, Excluding the 13th Month Pay and Other Benefits from the Computation
of Taxable Income
RA 7654, Allocating a Portion of the Incremental Revenue Collected for the Emergency
Employment Program
RA 7637, Creating the Mt. Pinatubo Assistance, Resettlement and Development
Commission
RA 7657, Appropriating 10 Billion Pesos for the victims of Mt. Pinatubo Eruption
RA 7906, Regulation of the Organization and Operations of Thrift Banks
RA 8182, Excluding the Official Development Assistance (ODA) from Foreign Debt
Limit in order to facilitate the absorption and optimize the utilization of
ODA resources
RA 7820, Creating the Partido Development Administration in Bicol region
SBN 1176, Establishing Computer Literacy Program in all public schools at the
secondary level
SBN 1175, Instituting a Public School Teachers Scholarship Program
SBN 1728, Ancestral Domain Bill
SBN 1044, Institutionalizing a National Strategy for Poverty Alleviation
SBN 336, Magna Carta for the Urban Poor
FOR AGRICULTURE & THE ENVIRONMENT
RA 7900, Promoting the production,
processing, marketing and distribution of high-value crops
RA 8175. Amending the Charter of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation in
order to make more stable and beneficial to farmers and the national economy
RA 7942, Instituting a new system of mineral resources exploration, development,
utilization and conservation
RA 7942, Instituting a new system of mineral resources exploration, development,
utilization and conservation
Co-host, "Dighay Bayan" TV program catering to farmers
Pres. Macapagal Awards for best rice farm cooperative
SBN 1282, Food Security Buffer Stock Bill
SBN 2046, Amending the Sugar Restitution Law
RA 7638, Creating the Department of Energy