Ako Bisdak to rebalance distribution of Philippines’ resources

By: Daniza Fernandez - 3 years ago

3rd Nominee & Former DOTr Usec Rommel Gavieta, 1st Nominee & Admiral Ernesto Enriquez and 2nd Nominee Former NBI Director Virgilio Mendez

MANILA, Philippines — Ako Bisdak Partylist is committed to rebalance the country’s resources in Luzon — including Metro Manila — Visayas, and Mindanao.

The partylist likewise “aims to develop a Bisdak regional identity that runs along the lines of the Tagalog and Ilocano regional iIdentities” to allow them to seek equitable share in the nation’s budget.

Source: https://newsbeezer.com/Philippines/unpacking-federalism-hubs-of-wealth-ponds-of-poverty/

Ako Bisdak will focus on three core programs to foster development of a Bisdak Regional Identity. These are connectivity, health care, and housing.

“These core programs will be the foundation for the creation of the Super Bisdak Economic Region,” the partylist said in a statement.

Expenditure Profile of Households with Annual Income Below Php 100,000 /Source: Winston Conrad B. Padojinog, DBA and Erica Myra P. Yap, MSIE; Clearing the Housing Backlog: An Updated Supply and Demand Study on Unserved Owner-Driven Construction Segment in the Philippines; Habitat for Humanity, Terwillinger Center for Innovation in Shelter

The mark of the connectivity core program will be livelihood with connectivity to education, training, and to the market with roads and wireless internet.

“Ako Bisdak will ensure that all public schools in the Visayas and Mindanao Regions will be covered with WIFI with enough bandwidth to cover all students to enhance education and to foster Visayan regional identity,” said the party.

Ratio of DPWH Annual to Budget Number of Voters, Congressmen /Source: Ako Bisdak

Under the health care core program, Ako Bisdak will push for budgetary allotment to “develop low cost provincial diagnostics centers, subsidize medical costs for senior citizens and low cost insurance for emergency care.”

The party stressed that Visayas has the lowest number of government hospital beds and government doctors compared to other regions.

Location DOH National Hospitals and Ratio of Number of Voters to Number DOH Doctors & Beds /Source: Ako Bisdak

Noting that over 5.6 million families belong to the “unserved segment,” Ako Bisdak wanted to expedite the roll out of housing communities with climate change resistant design.

“Ako Bisdak will [aim] to fast track the roll out of self sustaining social housing communities with climate change resistant design,” the party pushed.

Percentage Share of Owner or Owner-like Housing Tenure Status in the Philippines per Region, Province, and City based on the 2015 Census /Source: Winston Conrad B. Padojinog, DBA and Erica Myra P. Yap, MSIE; Clearing the Housing Backlog: An Updated Supply and Demand Study on Unserved Owner-Driven Construction Segment in the Philippines; Habitat for Humanity, Terwillinger Center for Innovation in Shelter

The nominees of Ako Bisdak — Admiral Ernesto Enriquez, National Bureau of Investigation Director Virgilio Mendez, and Transportation Undersecretary Rommel Gavieta — will push for the programs.