Duterte SONA Promise Tracker

VERA Files tracks the promises President Rodrigo Duterte made during his State of the Nation Addresses (SONA).

VERA Files tracks the promises President Rodrigo Duterte made during his State of the Nation Addresses (SONA).

2020

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    #SONA2021 VERA Files’ live fact check

    On July 26, President Rodrigo Duterte delivered his sixth and final State of the Nation Address (SONA), which lasted approximately two hours and 46 minutes.

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    In the campaign against illegal drugs, Duterte admits fighting his own government

    Duterte said: “I did not know I was fighting my own government. Customs and everyone else was facilitating the import[ation] of drugs … That’s why I go crazy looking at the situation.”

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    SONA 2020 Promise Tracker: Drugs & Crime

    President Rodrigo Duterte’s self-imposed deadline to eradicate illegal drugs and reduce criminality “within three to six months” has long passed, and Congress has yet to respond to his constant plea for the revival of the death penalty against drug-related crimes.

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2019

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    #SONA2020 VERA Files’ live fact check

    On July 27, President Rodrigo Duterte delivered his penultimate State of the Nation Address (SONA), lasting approximately an hour and 40 minutes.

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    Duterte vows support for business amid COVID-19, threatens telcos with expropriation during SONA

    President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday vowed support for business in order to rev up the economy that has been ravaged by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, while threatening the country’s major telecommunications companies with expropriation if they do not improve their services by December.

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    2019 SONA Promise Tracker

    In 2019, President Rodrigo Duterte ended his State of the Nation Address (SONA) with a vision: “a comfortable life for everybody, all Filipinos,” within his last three years in office.

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2018

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    Duterte piqued by corruption, calling it national shame in SONA

    President Rodrigo Duterte, expressing grave disappointment that corruption and the drug problem continue despite the government’s relentless campaigns to stop them, has asked the public’s help by being more assertive in fighting these crimes.

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    SONA 2018 Promise Tracker

    President Rodrigo Duterte, now at the midway mark of his six-year term, will deliver his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 22 having made good on many of his promises last year, but also carrying with him some big misses.

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    SONA 2018 PROMISE TRACKER: Media

    President Rodrigo Duterte has not mentioned his promises related to the media since his first State of the Nation Address in 2016.

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2017

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2016

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