Significant Contributions
As Senator, among the measures he authored are:
- Generics Drug and Medicines Act of 1988 (R.A. 6675)
- An Act establishing provincial centres for Science and Technology (R.A. 6959)
- Magna Carta for Disabled Persons (R.A. 7277)
- Consumer Act of the Philippines (R.A. 7394)
- An Act promoting Salt Iodization nationwide (R.A. 8172)
- An Act promoting voluntary blood donation, providing for an adequate supply of safe blood, regulating blood banks, providing penalties for violations thereof (R.A. 8180)
- Children’s Media Act of 1996 (R.A. 8370)
- Philippine National Police Reform Act (R.A. 8851)
As Secretary/Minister of Department of National Defense, he:
- Instituted a reorganization program in the Department of National Defense to assert civilian supremacy over the military
- Initiated reforms in the Retirement and Separation Benefit Systems (RSBS), the pension fund of the soldiers
- Instituted a computerization program for the Philippine Veterans Administration Office (PVAO)
- Pioneered the use of electronic technology for procurement of equipment and supplies of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
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