We, provincial governors, crossing party lines, support the candidacy for vice president of Sen. Bong Go and vow to campaign tirelessly for his election to the country’s second highest elective position.
As a long-time close aide to then Davao City mayor and now President Rodrigo Duterte, Sen. Bong Go has gained wide and valuable insights on and has had to confront problems relating to both local and national governance.
Such experience has prepared him adequately for elective public office – as senator and hopefully as vice president. Having come from the ranks of local public servants, we have no doubt that Bong Go understands the issues we face 24/7 in our respective provinces.
In the short period of only more than two years that he has been a senator, Bong Go has institutionalized the Malasakit Center, a project he and President Duterte started before the former presidential aide joined the Senate. Bong Go is the principal author of Republic Act No. 11463, or the Malasakit Centers Act of 2019.
The senator from Mindanao has made affordable healthcare accessible to Filipinos through the Malasakit Center, which is a one-stop shop for medical and financial assistance several government agencies allocate for the sick, who now have to go to just one office instead of laboriously seeking help from one agency to another. There are now at least 138 Malasakit Centers in public hospitals throughout the country. These centers serve hundreds of sick poor Filipinos every day.
Bong Go recalls of how he thought of establishing the one-stop shop for medical and financial aid. “Sabi ko, bakit natin papahirapan ang ating kapwa Pilipino, eh sa totoo lang po, pera nila ‘yan. Dapat po ibalik sa kanila sa pamamagitan ng mabilis, maayos at may malasakit na serbisyo.” That is the brand of service Filipinos can expect from him.
With our support, if he is elected vice president, Bong Go promises to continue President Duterte’s programs, particularly his campaign against illegal drugs, criminality and corruption. These are some of the problems we continue to face as local officials, despite the administration’s gains in stamping out such nefarious activities.
Senator Go also promises to pursue the President’s Build, Build, Build infrastructure program, which hastens economic development and provides jobs and incomes to our people in the country.
1. Gov. Ben Evardone – Eastern Samar
2. Gov. Edwin Ong – Northern Samar
3. Gov. Michael Tan – Samar (Western)
4. Gov. Dominic Petilla – Leyte
5. Gov. Damian Mercado – Southern Leyte
6. Gov. Roger Espina – Biliran
7. Gov. Dax Cua – Quirino
8. Gov Jim S Hataman Salliman – Basilan
9. Gov. Jose Alvarez – Palawan
10. Gov. Zaldy Villa – Siquijor
11. Gov. Imelda Dimaporo – Lanao del Norte
12. Gov. Edgar Tallado – Camarines Norte
13. Gov. Migz Villafuerte – Camarines Sur
14. Gov. Jose R Riano – Romblon
15. Gov. Dale B. Corvera – Agusan del Norte
16. Gov Jun Ebdane – Zambales
17. Gov. Nancy Catamco – Province of Cotabato
18. Gov. Arthur Yap – Province of Bohol
19. Gov. Wilter Palma – Zamboanga Sibugay
20. Gov Melchor Diclas- Benguet
21. Gov Roberto Y. Uy – Zamboanga del Norte
22. Gov Oyie Umali Nueva Ecija
23. Gov. Gwen Garcia – Cebu
24. Gov. Noel Degamo – Negros Oriental
25. Gov. Jurdin Jesus M. Romualdo – Camiguin
26. Gov. Presby Velasco – Marinduque
27. Gov. Gerardo A. Noveras – Aurora Province
28. Gov. Francisco Emmanuel “Pacoy” R. Ortega III-Pangasinan
29. Gov. Maria Jocelyn Valera Bernos – Abra
30. Gov. Hernilando Mandanas – Batangas
31. Gov. Bonz Dolor – Oriental Mindoro
32. Gov. Al Francis Bichara – Albay
33. Gov. Joven Miraflores – Aklan
34. Gov. Ayik Pimentel – Surigao del Sur
35. Gov. Vic Yu – Zamboanga del Sur
36. Gov. Sakor Tan – Sulu
37. Gov. Joseph Cua – Catanduanes
38. Gov. Frank Matugas -Surigao del Norte
