What specific development/policy issue should the next administration prioritize in its governance?*

• "Education, tourism, transportation, climate change adaptation"
  - Prof. Malou Cura, St. Scholastica's College
  
  
  
• ""Poverty alleviation"
  - Dr. Armand Crisostomo, UP College of Medicine
  
  
  
• "Economic reform, corruption prevention, peace and order"
  - Mr. Danny Pacual, Diwa Scholastic Press editor
  
  
  
• "Education"
  - Prof. Glenn del Rosario, UP College of Pharmacy
  
  
  
• "Education, urbanization, unemployment and underemployment"
  - Mr. Justo Cabuhat, St. Augustine School Social Studies teacher
  
  
  
• "Education"
  -Prof. Christine Bellen, Ateneo de Manila University
  
  
  
• "Address poverty issue with sincerity."
  - UP Regent Nelia Gonzalez
  
  
  
• "The next set of leaders should focus on strengthening the foundation from where we build our nation: EDUCATION
  - Mr. Angelo Murillo, Manila Collegian writer
  
  
  
• "Public health and basic education"
  - Mr. Jan Robert Go, WHO researcher
  
  
  
• "Job creation, health, education and justice"
  - Mr. Albert Lim, Makati Business Club President
  
  
  
• "Dapat bigyang pansin ang papel ng pamamahayag at ang interaksyon nito sa estado, kasabay ang pagpapaigting sa karapatan para sa pampublikong impormasyon."
  - Mr. Yfur Porsche Fernandez, UP Manila Development Studies major
  
  
  
• "Population policy"
  -Amb. Theo Arnold, Dutch Ambassador to the Philippines
  
  
  
• "Subsidize agriculture and education sectors, and pursue national industrialization." -
  Ms. Rochelle Anne Torres, DEVSOC Chair
  
  
  
• "Human rights issues like addressing the issue of impunity, i.e. ensuring accountability and making sure violators are punished."
  - Dr. Nymia Pimentel Simbulan, Philippine Human Rights Information Center Executive Director
  
  
  
• "Government should immediately implement moratorium on debt servicing specifically foreign debt and rechannel higher budget for health, education and other social services. Start to implement the genuine agrarian reform."
  -Mr. Fred Dabu, Bayan Muna legislative staff
  
  
  
• "Overhauling of the education sector by strengthening the public school system, giving better compensation, providing humane working condition and phasing out of fly-by-night academic institutions."
  - Mr. RC Fajardo, Medical student DLSU-Dasma
  
  
  
• "The next administration should focus on passing the controversial reproductive health bill. A sound population policy would have positive implications in environmental conservation, poverty reduction, and development of human capital."
  - Mr. Jeremy de Jesus, UP Manila summa cum laude
  
  
  
• "Pro-Filipino economic program, anti-graft and corruption policies, accessible health, education and housing services."
  -Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza
  
  
  
• "Prosecute Arroyo for her crimes, corruption, human rights violation and puppetry."
  - UP Faculty Regent Judy Taguiwalo
  
  
  
• "Employment and underemployment" -
  -Ms. Kimlei Lagos, PLM Economics major
  
  
  
• "Reexamine the military budget, debt servicing automatic appropriation, prioritize subsidy of state universities, health care and employment generation."
  -Atty. Licelle Cobrador, AGAP Partylist legislative chief of staff
  
  
  
• "The next president should restore confidence in our public institutions which GMA damaged, bastardized in the past 9 years."
  - Kabataan Rep. Raymond Palatino
  
  
  
• "Policy on impunity including the setting up of special prosecution panel to prosecute all public officials involved in corruption, electoral fraud, human rights violation. Implement debt moratorium and free land reform. "
  -Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares
  
  
  
• "Poverty alleviation, health services improvement, policies that uplift education"
  - Dr. Angelita Galban, UP College of Dentistry
  
  
  
• "1. Granting family allowances, out of tax revenues, to support children, unemployed mothers and aged persons for families with income below a certain threshold. This would reduce poverty among the most vulnerable groups, stimulate the economy and help improve social cohesion.
  2. Improve our international competitiveness by focusing on the most critical reasons for our poor rankings.
  3. Education and health must be priritized and allotted biggest share of the pie.
  4. Improve revenue generating activities of government.
  5. Create more economic opportunities to provide jobs to OFWs right here in our country. The social cost of separation of families is staggering."
  - Corazon dela Paz-Bernardo, former SSS President
  
  
  
  
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