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SONA 2022 Promise Tracker

In his inaugural State of the Nation Address (SONA) a year ago, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ended his speech with a declaration that “the state of the nation is sound,” even as the country was still grappling with the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic.

SONA 2022 Promise Tracker

SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: SOCIAL SERVICES

Marcos continues to improve the government’s social protection programs for Filipinos heavily affected by poverty, calamities and disasters. His proposed pieces of legislation on health response have not been enacted into law.

SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: SOCIAL SERVICES

SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: FOREIGN RELATIONS

Marcos admitted that the Philippines is walking a “very fine line” in balancing foreign relations. He said the Philippines must refrain from embracing the “cold war mentality” without having to choose between global powers such as the United States, Russia and China.

SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: FOREIGN RELATIONS

SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: EDUCATION

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. breezed through the education sector, identifying only five general changes he wanted to implement for learners and teachers in the country. This is a task Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio took on as Education secretary.

SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: EDUCATION

SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: ECONOMY

One year into office, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is yet to deliver “substantial” progress on his promises to improve the Philippine economic situation. But the administration’s economic managers stay optimistic that the country “remains firmly on track” toward post-pandemic recovery.

SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: ECONOMY

SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: AGRICULTURE

Of the six promises Marcos made on agriculture, three were fulfilled. His administration succeeded in providing loans to the agriculture sector for farm inputs, imposing a one-year moratorium on payment of land amortization and interest and the signing into law of the new Agrarian Emancipation Act.

SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: AGRICULTURE