In his 4th State of the Nation Address as the 16th Congress opened its
first regular session, Mr. Aquino listed the key initiatives taken since
2010 to ensure sustainable growth, to close development gaps between
regions and sectors, and to pursue tough fiscal reforms to free up
resources for public welfare. He also outlined plans for more of such
tough reforms and for more ambitious goals across all sectors until 2016
when his term ends.
President Benigno Simeon “PNoy” Aquino III delivered his fourth
annual State of the Nation Address in Batasang Pambansa Complex, Quezon
City on July 22, 2013 with the theme, “Sa Gitna ng Daang Matuwid.”
The midterm SONA marked his third year in presidency and opened the
16th Congress in a joint session of both houses. The annual address
started at exactly 4:03 PM and ended at 5:46 PM. It was the longest SONA
he had given so far, earning 88 rounds of applause from Senators,
Congressmen, government officials, local and international media and
other dignitaries and important personalities in the country.
PNoy’s speech was very comprehensive, covering a lot of areas which
include the accomplishments of his administration in political and
economic aspects, praises for public servants and government departments
who made outstanding services for the country, and also strongly-worded
criticisms against corrupt public servants and erring government
agencies.
The President mentioned the fresh mandate from the people via
domination of his senatorial candidates in May 2013 elections, the
Bangsamoro peace framework, success of his Pantawid ng Pamilyang
Pilipino Program, more TESDA scholars, housing program for informal
settlers and the 7.8% GDP last year. He also hailed the passage of RH
Law, Sin Tax Law, AFP Modernization Act and the K-12 Law.
PNoy specifically lauded three police enforcers for their great
acts that helps lift the image of the PNP, and also department
secretaries Albert del Rosario of DFA, Armin Luistro of DepEd, Rogelio
Singson of DPWH and the late Jesse Robredo of DILG for a well-done job.
On the other hand, he minced no words in castigating corrupt
individuals, specifically former TESDA Administrator Boboy Syjuco, and
the agencies of Bureau of Customs, Bureau of Immigration and National
Irrigation Administration.
The almost 2-hour speech also included a video testimonials of the exemplary public servants.
He ended his speech with words, “I am Noynoy Aquino, and I proudly
say to the world: I am a Filipino. How wonderful it is to be a Filipino
in these times.”
In my own humble opinion, President Aquino was successful in
relaying the inclusive growth of his administration and regaining the
trust of the Filipino people in the presidency, and his SONA exuded the
confidence he has with his accomplishments. However, I felt that the
speech was too long to miss on some important issues like the passage of
Freedom of Information bill, amendment or repeal of Cybercrime Act, and
especially the P10 Billion pork scam. True or not, he should’ve
mentioned the scam, for anti-corruption is his main thrust in the Daang
Matuwid platform.
Of course, we all know that the President cannot reform the country
all by himself, and his theme of ‘beginning the change’ and enjoining
the citizenry to work arm-in-arm with the government in achieving these
goals is very laudable. We must support PNoy’s programs so that we can
fully feel the trickling down of economic gains of his administration.
And also, we must remain active in urging the him make true to his
promise of curbing corruption that is consuming most of our government’s
coffers.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
"Gutom at Malnutrisyon Sama-sama Natin Wakasan"
"Gutom at Malnutrisyon Sama-sama Natin Wakasan"
In this theme, we should end malnutrition and and other cases that affect our health. Because health is wealth and we should take care of our health because it is very important to us. This is a gift from God. The theme says that we should end malnutrition because it is not important to us. Malnutrition is a problem that makes our body weak and we should end it now. So the meaning of the theme is to end it as soon as possible for a healthy living and for us to live longer and for us to enjoy the gift of God from us :-) ..
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