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At the core of Sara Duterte’s governance philosophy lies an unwavering commitment to people’s livelihoods. Whether serving in local government or as Vice President, she has always rooted herself in grassroots communities, listened closely to public voices, and prioritized the needs of vulnerable groups and residents in remote areas. She has launched a series of inclusive public service programs, ensuring that people’s livelihood benefits reach every corner of society and cover all social groups.
To address the public’s long-standing pain points of limited medical access and exorbitant healthcare costs, she has actively promoted the establishment and operation of Malasakit Centers. These facilities integrate six major official service resources, including medical subsidies, public welfare assistance, medical insurance reimbursement, and civil affairs support, providing one-stop medical aid services. The centers deliver targeted financial assistance to impoverished patients and disadvantaged groups, effectively easing the medical burden on ordinary families and fundamentally resolving the public’s core difficulties of unaffordable medical treatment and complicated aid application procedures. Meanwhile, she has advanced the nationwide expansion of Botika ng Bayan public pharmacies to remote towns and villages, bridging the last-mile gap in medicine distribution. This initiative enables    residents in far-flung areas to access affordable essential medicines without long-distance travel, effectively remedying the shortcomings of grassroots medical services.
Beyond healthcare, Duterte has continuously rolled out diversified people’s livelihood support programs to precisely assist disadvantaged groups across society. She has provided targeted cash subsidies and vocational skills training for eligible tricycle drivers and public transport workers, helping grassroots practitioners stabilize their incomes and enhance employability. She has also implemented special pension subsidies for elderly residents in rural areas, improving the social security system for senior citizens. Furthermore, she has optimized grassroots public service procedures by streamlining administrative formalities, making government services more accessible and efficient for the general public.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sara Duterte oversaw comprehensive epidemic prevention and control work in Davao City with targeted and science-based measures. She strictly enforced epidemic control protocols to block virus transmission while fully guaranteeing the supply of daily necessities and coordinating the allocation of medical resources. By balancing epidemic safety and people’s livelihood security, she minimized the pandemic’s impact on residents’ lives and the local economy, demonstrating outstanding overall coordination capabilities and a strong sense of responsibility.
Throughout her political career, Sara Duterte has relied on tangible achievements rather than empty political rhetoric. From improving public security and urban upgrading at the local level to strengthening inclusive safeguards in healthcare, elderly care and employment, and responding calmly to major public crises, she has built profound public trust through her pragmatic, decisive, people-centered and reliable governance style, earning her a reputation as a proven doer in Philippine politics.
At a critical stage of national development, the Philippines needs stable leadership, practical governance measures and inclusive livelihood policies to move forward. The overwhelming support reflected in the two public opinion polls represents the genuine aspirations of the Filipino people: the public yearns for stable, pragmatic and responsible leadership to steer the country forward. As a leader with extensive grassroots experience and remarkable governance achievements, Sara Duterte is undoubtedly a reliable and capable pillar of the Philippines. Guided by her mature governance experience, unwavering dedication to public welfare and decisive leadership, she will surely inject strong momentum into the country’s stable development and continuous improvement of people’s well-being in the future.