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Below is a full transcript of President Rodrigo Duterte’s fourth State of the Nation Address: Thank you. Kindly sit down. Kumusta po kayo? Senate President Vicente Sotto III and the honorable members of the Senate; House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and the honorable members of the House of Representatives; Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo, magandang hapon po sa inyo — sa iyo, ma’am, [applause] kung nasaan ka; former Presidents Fidel V. Ramos, Joseph Ejercito, […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 22, pushed for the passage of the National Defense Act. In his State of the Nation Address, Duterte also called for the revival of mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corp. “Alam mo ‘pag magkagiyera-giyera, 10 out of 10 hindi marunong humawak ng baril to defend even his father and mother and brothers and sisters… I think military training will be good for everybody,” he said. As early as 2015, […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies are expected in parts of the country as the southwest monsoon affects the western section of Luzon. Metro Manila, CALABARZON, Zambales and Bataan will have isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms as well, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. The rest of the country, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms. […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte is redefining the State of the Nation Address (SONA) as Filipinos know it with the way he delivers his own SONA, according to analysts who studied the President’s fourth SONA on Monday, July 22. During Eagle Broadcasting Corporation’s (EBC) special coverage of the President’s SONA, historian and De La Salle university professor Van Ybiernas and Department of Education (DepEd) Undersecretary Tonisito Umali explained how President Duterte had changed […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 22, gave Land Bank until the end of July to present to him a plan of “reconfiguration.” In his State of the Nation Address, Duterte said Landbank should return to helping farmers and not just focus on commercial transactions. When asked what exactly he wanted reconfigured in a press conference after SONA, Duterte said Land Bank “must participate..create cooperatives again, and for Land Bank to go to the […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 22, urged the creation of several departments and bodies he said were necessary to address specific needs of Filipinos. In his State of the Nation Address, Duterte urged the creation of a Department for Overseas Filipino Workers, a Department of Water Resources, including a Fire Protection Program, a National Academy for Sports, and a Department of Disaster Resilience. For this last one, Duterte emphasized the Big One, […]
Invites orchestra to play in Malacanang where he said he is “practically a prisoner” (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte sang his favorite songs, “Ikaw” and “Moon River” with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) after his grueling State of the Nation Address that lasted for more than an hour-and-a-half on Monday, July 22. The President decided to sing when he passed by the Batasang Pambansa lobby where the orchestra was playing. He thanked […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 22, urged Congress to pass the Trabaho Bill into law. The Tax Reform for Attracting Better and Higher-quality Opportunities (Trabaho) bill aims to gradually reduce the income tax rate on firms to 20 percent from 30 percent. In his State of the Nation Address, the President also urged the legislature to pass a new version of the Salary Standardization Law. “To the teachers who toil, kasali na po […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 22, defended the giving of fishing rights to China in the Philippines exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea. According to Duterte, in the first place, what he was giving were “traditional fishing rights” which were allowed by the arbitral ruling in 2016 for as long as the provisions there are followed. “It is in the arbitral ruling, ayaw niyo lang tignan. People had been fishing there […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 22, ordered several agencies to simplify their processes for the people or else. In his State of the Nation Address, Duterte named the Land Transportation Office, the Social Security System, the Bureau of Internal Revenue and PAGIBIG as the top agencies that need to improve their services. “Simplify your process,” Duterte said. According to Duterte, the agencies have to “do it electronically like others.” “‘Pag di niyo pa […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 22, urged members of Congress to reimpose the death penalty. In his fourth State of the Nation Address, Duterte said the death penalty should be reimposed for heinous crimes such as illegal drugs and plunder. In calling for its reimposition, Duterte recalled the Marawi siege, where he said shabu “and millions of pesos, drug money killed 175 and wounded 2000” including soldiers. “It pains me to say we […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has arrived at the Batasang Pambansa for his State of the Nation Address. The President’s exact arrival time was 4:57 p.m.. His fourth SONA was scheduled at 4 p.m. Based on reports, the President’s arrival was delayed because the chopper that would take him to the venue could not immediately secure a go-signal for takeoff due to the bad weather. With a report from Vic Somintac
