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President Rodrigo Duterte, in his second state of the nation address (SONA) Monday, repeated an incorrect claim he had earlier made about Davao City's economic growth.

President Rodrigo Duterte’s string of inconsistent statements about the late president Ferdinand Marcos and martial law has kept the public guessing whether he can or will do a Marcos or not.

President Rodrigo Duterte has been vacillating on his stand about the Supreme Court’s role in the martial law declaration, from saying he won’t listen to the high court at all to recognizing that the justices have a say on its validity.

They were still in talking terms two months ago. Today, in his second SONA, President Rodrigo Duterte launched tirades against his latest target: the CPP.

How did the president fare with the rest of his 2016 SONA promises?

SONA 2016 promises on Infrastructure

2016 SONA promises on drugs and crime

2016 SONA promises on corruption and governance

2016 SONA promises on media

2016 SONA promises on foreign relations

2016 SONA promises on economic policy

Is there a working motor vehicle inspection center in the country?

2016 SONA promises on environmental policy

For a program that checks if vehicles are well-maintained, the government failed in the upkeep of the MVIS.

2016 SONA promises on social services

2016 SONA promises on peace process

Fifty-three-year-old Rodolfo Tagalog Sr. was harvesting coconuts when he heard and felt the shots. A bullet almost grazing his right shoulder, he fell instantly from the top of the tree and fractured his left shoulder.

Did he wear the military uniform properly according to AFP rules?