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BONGAO, Tawi-tawi (Eagle News) – Doble kayod ngayon ang ilang rebeldeng grupo sa kanilang paghahanda sa isusumiteng Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) bago ang araw ng State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa darating na Hulyo 24. Noong linggo ay binisita ni Moro Islamic Liberation Front Chief Peace Negotiator Mohagher Iqbal ang mga dating combatant ng Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) sa isla ng Languyan, Tawi-tawi para kausapin ang mga ito kaugnay sa […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a national budget for 2018, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno confirmed on Monday, July 3. Duterte will ask Congress for a Php 3.767 trillion national budget for 2018 in his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) to be held on July 24, he said. Malacañang drafted the 2018 national budget with Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella saying that the budget was agreed upon in the […]
(Eagle News) – With a speech that lasted for more than an hour and 30 minutes, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivered his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) where he promised to bring an “enduring peace” to the country before his term ends and to help the poor and underprivileged in society. Duterte on Monday, July 25, also outlined what he would do in the next six years, including fighting crime, reducing poverty, establishing […]
(Eagle News) – Here are some interesting facts about the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in the Philippines (trivia and infographics courtesy malacanang.gov.ph) First SONA: The first SONA was delivered during a special session of the National Assembly on November 25, 1935. It was the only SONA delivered before a special session of the Legislature. This was delivered by President Manuel Quezon to the First National Asembly on National Defense. Historically, SONAs have […]
ON July 25, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is set to deliver his first State of the Nation Address (SONA). The address of President Duterte will be the 78th since 1935 and the 30th since the restoration of democratic rule under the Fifth Republic in 1987. The SONA is a constitutional obligation, required by Article VII, Section 23 of the 1987 Constitution. “The President shall address the Congress at the opening of its regular session.” Moreover, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, the 16th President of the Philippines, is set to deliver his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) today, July 25. The address of President Duterte will be the 78th since 1935 and the 30th since the restoration of democratic rule under the Fifth Republic in 1987. President Duterte’s first SONA will be simple and without fanfare according to the Presidential Communications Office. The President has requested […]
MANILA, Aug. 7 — The government must sustain a high growth trajectory in the coming years to realize the goals of the righteous path being championed by the administration, a Palace official said on Thursday. Commenting on observations made during the Ateneo Eagle Watch Mid-Year Briefing 2015 that the Aquino government’s weakness is its lack of long-term vision, Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said that President Benigno S. Aquino III has described his concrete vision […]
(Eagle News) — President Benigno S. Aquino III said some 4.4 million households became beneficiaries of the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), as he cited the gains of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program, in his 6th and last State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 27. One of the major achievements President Aquino highlighted in his last SONA, delivered at the Session Hall of the House of Representatives, is the positive […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – In an exclusive interview with “Sa Ganang Mamamayan” Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Government shared his take on the last State of the Nation Address of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III.
QUEZON City, Philippines, July 28 (Eagle News) – According to political analysts, despite running for two hours, President Noynoy Aquino’s final State of the Nation Address (SONA), it did not touch issues that are vital to the Filipino people like the Mamasapano incident as well as Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) and Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/C_rvCAn3CEg
QUEZON City, Philippines – Despite the strong rain, massive groups of protesters gathered at Commonwealth Avenue to express their displeasure against President Benigno S. Aquino’s administration. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, July 24 (Eagle News) — The Manila Police District (MPD) will deploy 800 of its personnel in various strategic areas around Manila to maintain security in the city. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/26l6OQBuAR8
