SONA 2024 PROMISE TRACKER: Social Services
President Ferdinand Marcos racked up 29 SONA promises on social services since he took office three years ago. Half still remain in progress.
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SONA 2024 PROMISE TRACKER: Agriculture
Three years after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vowed to enhance the country’s food security, seven of his agriculture-related promises are still in progress, five have been fulfilled and three priority legislations were stuck in limbo.
SONA 2024 PROMISE TRACKER: Labor
Benefits for government workers were at the forefront of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s labor-related promises during his third State of the Nation Address last year. But midway through its term, the administration still lags in addressing joblessness in the country.
SONA 2024 PROMISE TRACKER: Infrastructure
Midway through his term, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. remains committed to delivering infrastructure projects “with a heart for people’s comfort, security, and progress.” However, the same challenges continue to hound his administration’s pursuit of “building better more.”
SONA 2024 PROMISE TRACKER: Energy and Environment
Marcos administration has yet to make significant strides in disaster-preparedness beyond brick-and-mortar solutions in the wake of typhoons supercharged by climate change.
SONA 2024 PROMISE TRACKER: Economy
Halfway through his term, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration has yet to hit all of its economic targets but he remains “optimistic” about the country’s “sustained resilience” despite global pressures.
SONA 2024 PROMISE TRACKER: Corruption and Good Governance
After being silent on any anti-corruption promise in his 2023 State of the Nation Address, President Bongbong Marcos. finally acted on the issue of corruption and good governance in his last year’s SONA. He ordered a ban on all Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators.
FACT CHECK: Marcos DID NOT say OFW ‘deserved’ execution
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. did not say that an OFW deserved to be executed. The clip was taken from an Oct. 29, 2024 interview where the president said that the Saudi Arabia government make sure the punishment was justified.
FACT CHECK: NO Duterte chants at Alyansa proclamation rally
A TikTok user falsely claimed that the crowd chanted Duterte at Marcos slate proclamation rally in Iloilo.
Marcos unsure he has numbers in Senate for Duterte impeachment
Why did BBM ask lawmakers not to push through with impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte? My guess is, Marcos is not sure if he has the numbers in the Senate to convict Duterte in an impeachment trial. Malacañang cannot afford to lose because impeachment rules allow only one impeachment proceedings against the same official within one year.
