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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 State of the Nation as the country’s 15th president, Aquino, 55, who himself hails from a family long steeped in politics, said he has changed his […]

    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 his accomplishments, what with only a year left of his presidency. To be fair, Aquino has delivered on a number of his promises.  To name […]

    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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