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    Categories Editor's Pick News SONA 2019 Promise Tracker

    2019 SONA Promise Tracker

    By VERA Files  |  Jul 24, 2020 3:28 PM

    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.

    Duterte, SONA 2019, SONA promise tracker

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    SONA 2019 PROMISE TRACKER: Economy

    By Ivel John M. Santos  |  Jul 24, 2020 3:26 PM

    The government’s economic team is calling on Congress to immediately pass the remaining packages under the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) along with other economic stimulus measures to help revive the economy reeling from the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

    Duterte, economy, SONA 2019, SONA promise tracker

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    SONA 2019 Promise Tracker: Infrastructure

    By Ivel John M. Santos  |  Jul 24, 2020 2:46 PM

    With two years remaining in President Rodrigo Duterte’s term, the government is “still committed” to complete “many” of its projects under the government’s ambitious Build, Build, Build (BBB) program.

    Duterte, infrastructure, SONA 2019, SONA promise tracker

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    SONA 2019 Promise Tracker: Corruption and Good Governance

    By Klaire Ting  |  Jul 24, 2020 2:44 PM

    Ending government corruption is a campaign promise and an oft-repeated commitment of President Rodrigo Duterte since he took office in June 2016. However, most of his anti-corruption efforts had been marked with sacking and recycling of officials.

    corruption and good governance, Duterte, SONA 2019, SONA promise tracker

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    SONA Promise Tracker: Environment

    By Laurice Sy  |  Jul 24, 2020 2:42 PM

    Most of the promises related to the protection and preservation of the environment made during President Rodrigo Duterte’s fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) remain in progress. Significant efforts have been put into developing renewable energy sources, rehabilitating Manila Bay and priority tourist destinations, and distributing land to indigenous communities in Boracay.

    Duterte, environment, SONA 2019, SONA promise tracker

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    SONA 2019 PROMISE TRACKER: Media

    By Jo Comuyog  |  Jul 24, 2020 2:40 PM

    More than halfway into his six-year term, President Rodrigo Duterte has neither made new promises nor followed through on previous ones related to the media since his 2016 state of the nation address. Yet there was no let-up in his clashes with, and tirades against the media.

    Duterte, Media, SONA 2019, SONA promise tracker

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    SONA 2019 PROMISE TRACKER: Social services

    By Merinette Retona  |  Jul 24, 2020 2:40 PM

    In his fourth year in office, while President Rodrigo Duterte signed a law that will provide a wage hike for civilian employees of the government, he still failed to end labor contractualization in the country.

    Duterte, social services, SONA 2019, SONA promise tracker

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    Categories News SONA 2019 Promise Tracker

    SONA 2019 Promise Tracker: Peace agenda

    By Elijah Roderos  |  Jul 24, 2020 2:39 PM

    Less than two years before President Rodrigo Duterte’s six-year term ends in 2022, two of his promises on his peace agenda have been delivered: the creation of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and the enactment of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, repealing the Human Security Act of 2007 (HSA).

    Duterte, peace agenda, SONA 2019, SONA promise tracker

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    SONA 2019 Promise Tracker: Armed Forces

    By Elijah Roderos  |  Jul 24, 2020 2:34 PM

    President Rodrigo Duterte barely mentioned the continuing modernization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in his fourth state of the nation address in 2019 and even undermined its capability to defend the Philippines from China’s intrusions. (See SONA 2019 Promise Tracker: Foreign Relations)

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    SONA 2019 Promise Tracker: Foreign Relations

    By Meeko Angela Camba  |  Jul 24, 2020 2:32 PM

    The rising tensions with China in the West Philippine Sea hogged President Rodrigo Duterte’s fourth state of the nation address in 2019, where he promised two things that remain hanging to this day:

    Duterte, foreign relations, SONA 2019, SONA promise tracker

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