GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO is the 14th President of the Republic of the Philippines.

She presented her

vision for the country through the slogan, "building a strong republic." Arroyo placed a high premium on reforming
and strengthening the bureaucracy, lowering crime rate, increasing tax collection, improving economic growth, and
intensifying efforts against terrorism.

Family Background:
Arroyo is the daughter of Diosdado Macapagal, 9th President of the Republic of the Philippines, and Dr. Evangelina
Macaraeg-Macapagal. Her husband is a lawyer, Atty. Jose Miguel Tuason Arroyo.
She has three children who gained degrees from established universities.

Educational Background:

Arroyo studied economics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. After returning to the Philippines and
graduating magna cum laude from Assumption College in Manila in 1968, Arroyo earned a masters degree in
economics (1978) from Ateneo de Manila University and a doctorate in economics (1986) from the University of the
Philippines Diliman.

Professional Background:

A. Academe
She was an assistant professor in Ateneo de Manila University for 10 years. Moreover she became the Chair of
Economics Department in Assumption College. She was also a professor in UP School of Economics for 10 years, in
Mary Knoll College, and St, Scholasticas College.

B. Executive Branch of Government

Arroyo became the Assistant Secretary and Undersecretary of the Department of Trade and Industry, Executive
Director of Garments and Textile Board, Secretary of Department of Social Welfare and Development, Vice
President from 1998-2001, and lastly President from 2001-2010.

C. Legislative Branch
She was a senator from 1992-1998, and Representative, 2nd District of Pampanga from 2010-2013.

D. Other positions held:

Chairman and President, UP Health Maintenance Organization (1989-1998)
Executive Director, Philippine Center for Economic Development (1994-1998)
Chairman, UP Economic Foundation (1994-1998)
Member, Presidential Task Force on Tax and Tariff Reforms (1994-1998)
Member, Technical Working Group of the Philippine National Development Plan for the 21st Century (Committee on
National Framework for Regional Development and Macroeconomics Framework for Development Financing)

IV. MEMBERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS

(Past & Present):
Association for Philippines-China Understanding (APCU) Philippine Economics Society
Georgetown Club of the Philippines
Concerned Women of the Philippines
Awards / Commendations / Citations:

Outstanding Senator by Philippine Reporter Magazine, Weekly Graphic Magazine, Public Eye Magazine, Trade
Union Congress of the Philippines, and by Emil Jurado (Manila Standard Columnist)
Woman of the Year, Catholic Education Association of the Philippines
Ulirang Ina, Ulirang Ina Awards Committee, 13 May 2001 One of Asias Most Powerful Women, Asiaweek
Making a Difference for Women Women of Distinction Award, Soroptimist International of the Philippines Region,
30 May 2003
Most Distinguished Alumna, University of the Philippines Alumni Association (UPAA), 16 June 2001
Republic Acts Authored by Senator Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

FOR A BETTER BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

RA 7844, The Export Development Act

RA 7718, The Amended Build-Operate-Transfer Law
RA 7843, Strengthening the Anti-Dumping Provisions
RA 8179, Further liberalizing Foreign Investments
RA 7721, Liberalizing banking in the Philippines
RA 7651, Revitalizing and strengthening the Bureau of Customs
RA 7916, Creating the Philippine Economic Zone Authority
RA 7640, Constituting the Legislative-Executive Development Council
RA 1490, Investment Houses Act (Passed on third reading)
RA 7661, Extending the Life of the Asset Privatization Trust
RA 7903, Creating the Zamboanga Special Economic Zone
SBN 345, Promoting the Development of Interisland Shipping
SBN 358, Development of Micro and Cottage Industries

FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

RA 7882, Providing assistance to women engaging in micro and cottage business enterprises
Women's desk to provide assistance to battered wives and other victims of domestic violence
RA 7877, Declaring sexual harassment unlawful in the employment, education or training environment and for other
purposes
SBN 356, Increasing penalties for wife-beating
SBN 362, Mandatory employment of women
Establishment of the Movement Against Sexual Abuse (MASA)

FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

OCW desk to provide assistance to OCWs and their families

RA 7833, Excluding the 13th Month Pay and Other Benefits from the Computation of Taxable Income
RA 7654, Allocating a Portion of the Incremental Revenue Collected for the Emergency Employment Program
RA 7637, Creating the Mt. Pinatubo Assistance, Resettlement and Development Commission
 RA 7657, Appropriating 10 Billion Pesos for the victims of Mt. Pinatubo Eruption
RA 7906, Regulation of the Organization and Operations of Thrift Banks
RA 8182, Excluding the Official Development Assistance (ODA) from Foreign Debt Limit in order to facilitate the
absorption and optimize the utilization of ODA resources
RA 7820, Creating the Partido Development Administration in Bicol region
SBN 1176, Establishing Computer Literacy Program in all public schools at the secondary level
SBN 1175, Instituting a Public School Teachers Scholarship Program
SBN 1728, Ancestral Domain Bill
SBN 1044, Institutionalizing a National Strategy for Poverty Alleviation
SBN 336, Magna Carta for the Urban Poor

FOR AGRICULTURE & THE ENVIRONMENT

RA 7900, Promoting the production, processing, marketing and distribution of high-value crops
RA 8175. Amending the Charter of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation in order to make more stable and
beneficial to farmers and the national economy
RA 7942, Instituting a new system of mineral resources exploration, development, utilization and conservation
RA 7942, Instituting a new system of mineral resources exploration, development, utilization and conservation
Co-host, "Dighay Bayan" TV program catering to farmers
Pres. Macapagal Awards for best rice farm cooperative
SBN 1282, Food Security Buffer Stock Bill
SBN 2046, Amending the Sugar Restitution Law
RA 7638, Creating the Department of Energy

Accomplishments by the year 2005

She focused on economy, poverty, and education.

Macroeconomy. We sustained macroeconomic growth performance amidst adverse internal and external factors such
as rising commodity prices and the oil crisis. Since 2001, GNP/GDP continued to increase, registering 6% growth in
2004, the strongest since the economys last peak growth of 5.8% in 1996, and exceeding the Medium-Term
Philippine Development Plan target of 4.95.8%. For the first three quarters of 2005, GNP grew by 5.47% and
GDP by 4.6%.
Agriculture. Growth in agriculture soared to an annual average of 4% in gross value added in four years attaining the
highest output in 2004 with an increase of 4.8%. We posted a 1.7% increase in production during the first three
quarters of 2005. The gross value of agriculture production amounted to P580.8 billion, recording a 5.97% increase
this year.

Tourism. Visitor arrivals to the Philippines increased from 1.8 million from January to October 2004 to 2.1 million
during the same period in 2005.

Infrastructure and ICT. The Strong Republic Nautical Highway (SRNH) or Western Nautical Highway was
expanded to include the Central Nautical Highway and Eastern Nautical Highway. It decreased transport cost by
37%-43% for passengers and 24%-34% for cargo. All ports and road connections along these RoRo routes are in
place, regular services in all routes are being ensured and port facilities are being expanded as needed. We completed
the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Expansion Project (Phase I) in February 2005, and the development of new
airports, which shall serve as gateways to tourism destinations, such as Cebu-Bohol-Camiguin, Palawan and Boracay.

Jobs Generation. Based on the 2005 Labor Force Survey (LFS), the average employment increase reached 699,000.
1.99 million jobs were generated from January to September 2005.

Education. A total of 8,800 classrooms were built from July 2004 to May 2005, or 47% higher than the annual target
of 6,000, while 4,516 classrooms or 75% of the annual target were constructed from June 2005 to October 2005.
Close to 2,000 families in Regions I, III, IV-A, VI, X and XI have been awarded Certificates of Educational
Assistance (CEA) under the Iskolar Para sa Mahihirap na Pamilya (IMP) Program.

Electricity and Water. Electricity was provided to 1,333 barangays from January 2004 to October 2005 under the
Expanded Rural Electrification Program, bringing the total number of energized barangays to 39,081 out of 41,945
barangays and attaining 93.17% barangay-level electrification.

Land Distribution. A total of 144,208 hectares of private and public land were distributed from January to
September 2005, while 38 Certificates of Ancestral Domain Titles (CADTs) covering 835,165 hectares have been
distributed/approved from July 2002 to November 2005.

Housing. About 27,360 informal settlers were given security of tenure through Presidential Proclamations declaring
public lands as alienable and disposable for housing purposes,

Healthcare. Some 371,000 poor families or 1.9 million poor Filipinos were enrolled under the National Health
Insurance Program from January to September 2005 bringing the total number of enrollees to 2.4 million poor
families or 12 million poor Filipinos.

Lifted from http://www.macapagal.com/gma/

Party list: Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (1997-2009)

Leadership
PGMA was known to be a very hands-on leader. The indicator: she was abreast even with small-town road and
irrigation projects. She traveled extensively across the country to either supervise their groundbreaking or lead the
inauguration of such projects.

While her famous temper may have also made her notorious, in leadership, this is also an indicator of being a
results-oriented leader. She has been filmed to not mince words when deadlines and targets are not met.

She pledged to relieve poverty and promote economic growth.

She was arrested in November 2011 on charges of electoral fraud, but was later released on bail. In July 2012, she
was rearrested on charges that she misused nearly $8 million of lottery funds that were meant for charities.

She has spent most of her five years in hospital detention because of neck and back ailments that caused her to use a
wheelchair. She was re-elected in May to the Philippines Congress.

With at least six corruption cases so far, President Arroyo has now been considered the most corrupt president
in the Philippines.

Governance has indeed worsened because better governance should strengthen the development of the country not
worsen it. Because of poor governance, the Philippines is still experiencing poverty and has not improved a bit. This
is why Arroyo deserves a grade of only 0.0 because of her many corruption cases and issues which just led to our
country far worse than it ever is. She is a failure and the worst president the Philippines had.

FAMOUS CONTROVERSIES

Hello Garci Controversy (June 2005 Present)

The Hello Garci Controversy is about wiretapped recordings of Gloria Macapagal Arroyos conversations with
COMELEC Commissioner Virgilio Garcilliano. The conversations was about rigging or cheating the 2004 national
elections.

NBN-ZTE Controversy (April 2007)

The NBN-ZTE controversy is about a deal between the Philippines and XTE Corporation, a company in china. The
deal was worth $329.59 Million and was aimed at improving the communication capabilities of the Philippines.

Gloria Arroyos Expensive Dinners

The public began noticing the expensive dinners that President Macapagal Arroyo was having when an article from
the New York Post reported that GMA and her entourage to the US dined in the famous Le Cirque in New York and
spent $20,000 or almost 1 Million Pesos.