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By Juan MercadoPresident Benigno Aquino’s third State of the Nation Address continues to roil public soapboxes. Remember the mood before he delivered his first SONA? That was a time of uncertain hopes.
President Benigno Aquino’s third State of the Nation Address continues to roil public soapboxes. Remember the mood before he delivered his first SONA? That was a time of uncertain hopes.
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje wants to deploy the military in the campaign against illegal loggers in the countryside, noting the increasing danger to forest rangers, some 20 of whom have been killed in the line of duty since 2010.
Five thousand students and peasants burned effigies of President Benigno Aquino III and Uncle Sam but were stopped by police from getting close to the Batasang Pambansa to denounce the government’s alleged failure to improve the plight of laborers, triggering a brief melee that left scores injured.
Former president Joseph Ejercito “Erap” Estrada said that President Benigno Aquino annual national address on Monday was a credible one and showed his zeal in mapping out reforms for the country.
President Benigno Aquino III ‘s report to the nation on Monday received a thumbs up from two former presidents of the country.
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Speaker Feliciano Belmonte; Vice President Jejomar Binay; former Presidents Fidel Valdez Ramos and Joseph Ejercito Estrada; eminent Justices of the Supreme Court; distinguished members of the diplomatic corps; honorable members of the House of Representatives and of the Senate; our leaders in local government; members of our Cabinet; uniformed officers of the military and of the police; my fellow public servants;
It’s a speech that will show that “what President Aquino says is what he does.” This is how the Palace describes the third State of the Nation Address (Sona) that President Aquino will deliver before a joint session of Congress Monday.
He’s now on his seventh draft. But President Benigno Aquino III still devoted the last workday of the week to putting the finishing touches to his third State of the Nation Address (Sona).
None of the 6,000 police officers to be deployed to secure the President’s State of the Nation Address next week will be allowed to carry guns, the Philippine National Police said Friday.
Will former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo be present during President Benigno Aquino III’s third State of the Nation Address (Sona)?
The nation is still counting down the days to hear what President Benigno Aquino III will say in his third State of the Nation Address (Sona) but that does not stop lawmakers from speculating and suggesting issues which they think should be tackled.
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Former Chief Justice Renato Corona expects to be a target of attacks by President Benigno Aquino III in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday (July 23). Corona told reporters here on Wednesday afternoon that he was told by his friends in Malacañang that criticisms against him would be [...]
Days before President Benigno Aquino III makes his third State of the Nation Address, House majority leader Neptali Gonzales II expressed hope the chief executive would tackle issues most sought after by the public.
