PNoy’s First SONA – English Translation

glitch — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:34:30 +0000

The first “State of the Nation Address” (SONA) of President Benigno S. Aquino III or PNoy is originally in tagalog, here’s the copy of english translation provided by Noynoy Media Bureau. The SONA was held in Batasang Pambansa Complex, Quezon City, July 26, 2010.

Speaker Feliciano Belmonte; Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Vice President Jejomar Binay, Chief Justice Renato Corona, Former Presidents Fidel Valdez Ramos and Joseph Ejercito Estrada; Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate; distinguished members of the diplomatic corps;

My beloved countrymen:

Our administration is facing a forked road. On one direction, decisions [...]

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PGMA's SONA 2008

glitch — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:06:00 +0000

PGMA’s SONA (State Of the Nation Address) will be this coming Monday, July 28, 2008.

The President’s Ten-Point Agenda are as follows:

1. The creation of six million jobs in six years via more opportunities given to entrepreneurs, tripling of the amount of loans for lending to small and medium enterprises, and the development of one to two million hectares of land for agricultural business;

2. The construction of new buildings, classrooms, provision of desks and chairs and books for students and scholarships to poor families;

3. The balancing of the budget;

4. The “decentralization” of progress around the nation through the use of transportation [...]

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