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Tag: SONA

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    Categories News PHL Vote 2022

    Duterte should deliver faster connectivity promise for education sector before term ends — former education secretary

    By BLANCH ANCLA  |  Jul 28, 2021 8:14 PM

    Before he leaves office next year, President Duterte should keep his promise to set up a Public Education Network (PEN) and bring back to school over three million students who have failed to enroll due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a former education secretary said on Wednesday.

    Duterte, Education, SONA

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    Categories Editor's Pick News SONA 2020 Promise Tracker

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

    By Theresa Martelino-Reyes  |  Jul 26, 2021 10:51 PM

    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.”

    drug war, Duterte, SONA

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    Categories Editor's Pick News

    Impassioned protests counter Duterte’s SONA

    By Luis Liwanag  |  Jul 22, 2019 7:58 PM

    ​Rain didn’t stop thousands from lambasting the Duterte government’s disregard of human rights in its war against drugs and its docility to China.

    SONA, SONA2019

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    ​VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte’s recollection of own SONA inaccurate

    By VERA FILES  |  Aug 22, 2018 7:35 PM

    President Rodrigo Duterte claims he never talked about himself as president in his State of the Nation Addresses. He did several times.

    Duterte, SONA

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    Categories SONA 2016 Promise Tracker

    SONA 2016 PROMISE TRACKER: Drugs and crime

    By Maria Feona Imperial  |  Jul 21, 2017 7:42 PM

    2016 SONA promises on drugs and crime

    SONA, SONA promise tracker

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    Categories SONA 2016 Promise Tracker

    SONA 2016 PROMISE TRACKER: Media

    By Lala Ordenes  |  Jul 21, 2017 6:44 PM

    2016 SONA promises on media

    SONA, SONA promise tracker

  • Categories News

    Aquino seeks end to political dynasties

    Jul 27, 2015 11:01 PM

    PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino on Monday sought the passage of the Anti-Dynasty Law, saying it was wrong to let corrupt individuals or families remain in public office. In his sixth and final […]

    anti-dynasty law, political dynasty, SONA, SONA 2015, State of the Nation

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    Off target: By Aquino’s own numbers

    Jul 27, 2015 12:58 AM

    By YVONNE T. CHUA WHEN he delivers his sixth and final State of the Nation Address on Monday, President Benigno S. Aquino III will predictably present a glowing report of […]

    SONA, statdev, State of the Nation, State of the Nation Address

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    Fourth State of the Nation Address

    Jul 22, 2013 6:02 PM

    State of the Nation Address of
    His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III
    President of the Philippines
    To the Congress of the Philippines

    PNoy, SONA

  • Categories News Top Stories

    Small miners assail Aquino’s SONA, mining policy

    Jul 27, 2012 1:17 AM

    Text and video by KARLOS MANLUPIG

    DAVAO CITY— Rogelio Simbajon has labored in the mining tunnels in the gold rush community of Gumayan, a town in Compostela Valley, for more than 30 years. On Monday, he and about 400 other small-scale miners left the tunnels to participate in protests timed with President Benigno S. Aquino III’s third State of the Nation Address.

    EO79, minahang bayan, mining, SONA

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