After initially only inviting Vice President Leni Robredo to attend President Duterte’s final State of the Nation Address (SONA) via Zoom, Malacañang has backtracked and decided to extend an invitation for her to be physically present at the Batasan Pambansa in Quezon City on Monday, July 24....
Catholic prelates came up with their own list of things that they would like to hear when President Duterte delivers his last State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 26. Cubao Bishop Honesto Ongtioco (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE DIOCESE OF CUBAO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The wish list...
“Together, we shall fight this pandemic with the same fervor as our campaign against illegal drugs, criminality, insurgency, and corruption in high places and entrenched parochial interests." This was what President Duterte vowed in his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) last year—to...
Filipinos online wish President Duterte would do away with his usual tantrums, curses, and jokes and make his last State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 26 be his swan song. In response to Manila Bulletin’s Facebook post , asking the public what they expected from the...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Tomorrow, July 26, President Rodrigo Duterte will deliver his sixth and final State of the Nation Address (SONA), with the COVID-19 plague still hovering over our country and around the world. It will be the second time that our nation...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has ordered the suspension of the privilege to carry firearms outside residence in Metro Manila as part of the security measures for the last State of the Nation Address of President Duterte. In his order, Eleazar said...
SONA 2021 The GMA News Special Coverage On Monday (July 26), the Philippines’ most trusted broadcast news organization—GMA News—airs President Rodrigo Duterte’s sixth and last State of the Nation Address (SONA) live and in full on GMA and GTV. GMA’s “ SONA 2021: The GMA News Special...
Organizers of protests scheduled for President Duterte’s last State of the Nation Address (SONA) have agreed to cooperate with Quezon City authorities in implementing preventive measures against the spread of COVID-19 by not holding rallies along Commonwealth Avenue and shortening their time of...
The pandemic is raging, the country is in recession, and many people remain hungry and unemployed. Faced with these urgent concerns, President Duterte has supposedly accomplished much to address these problems but intends to do more in the closing strength of his presidency. President Rodrigo...
Senators are not only expecting President Duterte to tout his accomplishments in the last five years, but also his plans to jumpstart the Philippines' recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic beyond his term. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Duterte will be delivering on Monday, July...
Are we better off now than five years ago? As President Duterte prepares for his final SONA, his cabinet secretaries look back on their proudest achievements and look forward to many more things to accomplish in this last stretch. Sec. Berna Romulo Puyat, Department of Tourism There are two...
ABS-CBN SONA 2021 Filipinos may watch the last State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on the state of the country this pandemic through ABS-CBN’s “SONA 2021” special coverage on the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC), TeleRadyo, ABS-CBN News Digital, and Kapamilya Channel...
