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Will You Vote For Brother Eddie? His Plans For OFWs
May 2, 2010
Eduardo “Bro. Eddie” C. Villanueva, together with Vice Presidentiable Perfecto “Jun” Yasay Jr, Bangon Pilipinas Party standard bearer who strongly believes for the transformation of the Philippines into a prosperous and respectable nation, and that he has a program to eradicate corruption and restore morality in government. If Bro. Eddie won the Presidential race, what are his plans for our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)?
Bro, Eddie Short Bio
TAYO ANG PAGBABAGO
“This world is too poor to buy my convictions on the principles of TRUTH, JUSTICE and RIGHTEOUSNESS”
Bro. Eddie Villanueva
He was the founder and leader of the Jesus Is Lord Church and born on October 6, 1946 to parents Joaquin T. Villanueva and Maria Cruz Villanueva, both now deceased. Her wife, Adoracion Jose Villanueva, holds a Doctorate in Theology from Promise Christian University in Los Angeles, California, USA and currently the Executive Director of Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide and President/Director of Jesus Is Lord Colleges Foundation, Inc. His married life blessed him with four children.
Villanueva graduated at the Philippine College of Commerce (PCC), (now Polytechnic University of the Philippines) with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Commerce, major in Economics and minor in Finance. An activist in the 1970’s and has experienced being jailed due to his participation in various mass actions—including his fought with the local land grabbers in Bulacan.
Activist turned preacher, he founded the Jesus Is Lord Church (JIL) formerly named Jesus is Lord Fellowship, in 1978.
Bro. Eddie is the owner and chairman of ZOE Broadcasting Network, a commercial TV station currently operated by GMA Network through Quality TeleVision (QTV) and the Jesus Is Lord Colleges Foundation Inc. (JILCF), a Christian school in Bocaue, Bulacan.
He first opens his door in politics in 2004, where he also runs for president and on August 21, 2009, he, again, announces his pursuit in the palace.
His Platforms for OFWs
Villanueva is sadden by hearing Filipinos need of working abroad, thus his party aims to establish an economic environment where it will no longer be necessary for Filipinos to leave their families behind, with children growing up without their parents, or brothers or sisters, by ensuring that there are sufficient economic opportunities at home. But this cannot be done in just one click, in the meantime here are his plans for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
- An OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKER SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM (OFWSSS) where OFWs can pay their premiums or remittances through special arrangement with Philippine banks abroad where they work, the fund to be deposited in government treasury shares managed by the OFWSSS
- Special Assistance Desks in main OFW ports of entry/exit as well as in every Philippine embassy
- Family Support Programs for OFW families left in the Philippines, with particular emphasis on training these families in entrepreneurship as a way of doubling OFW remittances
- An OFW Re-Entry and Re-Integration Program to facilitate their set-up of businesses in the Philippines upon return
- A Presidential Office on OFW Action to pay special attention to OFWs
- Treaties for mutual and shared responsibility with other governments in the matter of protection of OFWs
