13th President of the Philippines

Joseph Ejercito Estrada

In office: June 30, 1998 – January 20, 2001

His Achievements

• targets heinous crimes and crimes committed by men in uniform

• created in order to implement a fast track anti-crime and anti-graft and corruption action and adopt appropriate measures to ensure an effective and efficient anti-crime drive.

•causes or directs the immediate arrest, investigations and speedy prosecution of crime syndicates, government officials and employees and their cohorts, with due regard to constitutional processes.

PAOCTF

(Presidential Anti Organized Crime Task Force)

•emphasis on the 100 poorest families as thebasic targeting unit

• The program includes:1)provision of health insurance to 100 poorest of the poor families 2)medical assistance fund to the government hospitals3)Sustansya Para sa Masa grant for community based nutrition projects4)Garantisadong Pambata Program

Lingap Para sa Mahirap

KeyObjectives

For government and privatesector to converge effortsand resources for povertyalleviation

ProgramComponents

Potable waterSocialized housingHealth careProtective services for childrenLivelihood/cooperativedevelopmentFood subsidy

PovertyReductionTarget

Reduce poverty incidence to25–28 %

CoordinatingAgency

National Anti-PovertyCommission

Target Area NationwideTargetBeneficiaries

100 poorest families in everyprovince and city

DeliveryMechanism

National governmentagencies

•achievement of these goals requires the voluntary consolidation of small farm operations into medium and large scale

•Components:

1)Farmer’s trust-retain ownership and title to properties and share in the income of the enterprise under an equitable arrangement.

Farmer’s Trust Fund

•Components:

2) Service Consortium-assist in securing capital resources -chosen by the farmers or land rights holders-provide modernization requirements to put the Enterprise’s productivity at par with international standards, and provide the critical arrangements for an assured market.

3) Asset Pool Formation-assets shall be placed under the trusteeship service of a reputable banking institution.

…Farmer’s Trust Fund

•Components:

4) Enterprise Business Plan

5) Insurance Coverage and Exit Option.-provide insurance protection to participating farmers and other groups in case of force majeure or bad management-also provide an exit option to the Parties.

…Farmer’s Trust Fund

•geared at expanding and revitalizing previous productivity enhancement programs

• protect consumers by ensuring the safety and high quality of food items

"This year, agriculture has proven itself once more to be the lynchpin of the Philippine economy. Angara said in the report. Despite the lingering effects of the financial crisis and the El Niño/La Niña phenomena, the sector's production is projected to grow by 6 percent."

Agrikulturang Maka-masa (Makapagpabagong Programa Tungo sa MASAgana at Maunlad na

Pagsasaka at Pangisdaan)

•Agrikulturang MakaMASA projects by the department addressed these three basic tasks:1)increasing productivity and improving competitiveness2)raising rural incomes and easing poverty; and3)promoting food security for every Filipino.

•4 central concerns: 1)Irrigation Development2) research and technology commercialization3) postharvest and processing modernization4) close partnership with investors and industry groups.

….Agrikulturang Maka-masa (Makapagpabagong Programa Tungo sa MASAgana at Maunlad na

Pagsasaka at Pangisdaan)

•An act providing for the recognition and use of electronic commercial and non-commercial transactions and documents, penalties for unlawful use thereof and for other purposes

•aims to facilitate domestic and international dealings, transactions, contracts and exchanges and storage of information

•to recognize the authenticity and reliability of electronic documents related to such activities to promote the universal use of electronic transaction in the government and general public.

E-Commerce Act (Electronic Commerce Act )

•endorsed by the government of Joseph Estrada, and ratified by the Philippine Senate

•grants extraterritorial and extrajudicial “rights” to US servicemen visiting the Philippines

•major step in the reconstruction of theU.S.-Philippine defense relationship

VFA (Visiting Forces Agreement)