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House Secretary General Reginald Velasco said that he expected about 2,000 guests will attend the speech, making it the largest SONA by attendance. [2] There were 1,814 seats in the plenary. [4] Former presidents Joseph Estrada and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who is also the incumbent representative from Pampanga's 2nd district, attended the SONA. [5]
The State of the Nation Address (SONA; Filipino: Talumpati sa Kalagayan ng Bansa [1]) is an annual address by the president of the Philippines to a joint session of the Congress of the Philippines. Mandated by the 1987 Constitution , the speech is delivered on the fourth Monday of July at the Plenary Session Hall of the Batasang Pambansa ...
Among those who made a SONA, Ferdinand Marcos made twenty SONAs - the largest number made by a single president. Sergio Osmeña in contrast made just one. Among the officially recognized presidents two presidents did not make a single SONA - Emilio Aguinaldo and José P. Laurel. Marcos was the only one who did not deliver a SONA before the ...
About 63% of Filipinos considers themselves poor by the fourth quarter of 2024 amidsts the rising inflation, which was the highest since 2003. [206] [207] Exports began to decline during his administration. Following an all-time high of nearly $80 billion in 2022, it declined to $74 billion in 2023, and $68 billion in 2024. [208]
Groups such as BAYAN have denounced the Philippine National Police (PNP) against the ban on SONA rallies during the day of SONA as the PNP allowed a pro-Marcos rally near Batasang Pambansa. Militant groups were able to rally along Commonwealth Avenue because of the intervention of the Quezon City local government, thanking mayor Joy Belmonte ...
Democrats spoke of Project 2025 often in the 2024 election, warning that the radical conservative agenda would become a reality if Trump was re-elected, even as Trump tried to distance himself ...
2019–2024 Completed March 2023 (partial), December 2024 (full) North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Segment 8.2: 2019–2024 Under-construction South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) Toll Road 4 (TR4) Under-construction South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) Toll Road 5 (TR5) Segment 1 2019–2024 Under-construction Southeast Metro Manila Expressway: Under-construction
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Utah House speaker and U.S. Senate candidate Brad Wilson is the new CEO of the Utah Olympic organizing committee. The group, which is hosting the Winter Games in ...