President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. delivers his third State of the Nation Address (Noel Pabalate)President Marcos’ third State of the Nation Address (SONA) has received favorable social media feedback, marking a significant turnaround from the overwhelmingly negative response his speech...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) would only be considered a success if Congress is able to pass into law the proposed P100 daily minimum wage hike bill. Senator Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri pointed this out stating that the SONA would...
MEDIUM RAREHow do you reduce the President’s SONA (state of the nation address) – from 90 minutes to a summary of bite-size facts, figures? Thanks to the bad weather that kept most of us home, I made it my homework to make that summary, if not for others, then for myself.Every SONA is perSONAl...
Beyond expediting the release of funds and imposing a price freeze on basic goods, the declaration last week of a state of calamity in Metro Manila and five adjacent provinces exposed perennial shortcomings in governance over essential concerns ranging from garbage disposal to environmental...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, July 28 said he is optimistic over President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s promise of upholding the welfare of teachers during his recent State of the Nation Address (SONA). Marcos, in his third SONA, vowed to make sure that public school teachers will...
On Monday, the day of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s third State of the Nation Address (SONA), I got a message on Instagram from a journalism student who’s been following me for some time. “Is there anything good that comes out of covering what politicians wear during the SONA?” she asked....
Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez (Rep. Romualdez’s Facebook page) Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez said the Marcos administration and the House of Representatives “have neither faltered nor shirked” in performing their...
Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (center) looking at his father President Marcos within the House plenary on July 22. (Facebook) Senior Deputy Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos is brimming with hope following the recent State of the...
DND Undersecretary Angelito De Leon virtually attends the post-SONA discussion held in Pasay City on July 24, 2024. (Courtesy of RTVM livestream)The Department of National Defense (DND) said Wednesday, July 24, that it is forging close defense and security relations with other countries so that the...
ILOILO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. called out Western Visayas region for its low vaccination rate during the third State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 22.TODDLERS and children are immunized in Santa Barbara town, Iloilo province. (DOH-6) “Tuloy-tuloy ang...
DAVAO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s third State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) was “long rhetoric but short on anything actionable” and failed to offer concrete solutions to the issues affecting the daily lives of the Filipinos, the Davao Consumer Movement said on Tuesday, July...
Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez says he is “very happy” with the announcement of President Marcos that Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) are now prohibited in...
