By PHILIP PARAAN Culture Bulatlat.com MANILA — The State of the Nation Address (Sona) in many years has become a fashion event for legislators, their spouses and families. Touted to celebrate local fashion, even the media makes a staple of it and allots a special place in their coverage to have the attendees explain their…
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Video: Arroyo’s Sona — A Litany of Lies
Video: Arroyo’s Sona: A Litany of Lies
Video: The Making of the Last Gloria Effigy
Video: The Making of the Last Gloria Effigy
Peasants and Workers in Long March for Land, Decent Jobs
Days before the Sona, thousands of farmers, workers, students and activists braved the heat and the rain as they marched from the provinces of Southern Tagalog to Commonwealth Avenue. The march, called Lakbayan, is their way of fighting the regime’s abuses and asserting their basic rights.
Outside Manila, Thousands Denounce Arroyo
Thousands converged in other key cities across the country to denounce the Arroyo regime for the poverty, corruption, deception and repression in the Philippines.
In Sona, Arroyo Paints a Different Picture
In her ninth State of the Nation Address, President Arroyo painted a rosy picture of the Philippines – a world so much different from the one most Filipinos live in, her critics say.
Drenched But in High Spirits, Filipinos Gather Against a Hated Regime
Ordinary Filipinos – the perennially jobless, out-of-school teenagers, recently retrenched factory workers, vegetable vendors, proud homosexuals, among others – braved the heavy rain on the day of the Sona to let it be known that they have had enough of Gloria.
Benjie Oliveros | After Sona, It’s Business as Usual for Arroyo
The regime would not veer away from the economic policies that Arroyo has implemented in the past. These are the very same policies that made the Filipino people vulnerable to the world economic crisis and to price manipulations and speculative attacks by corporations wanting to pass on the burden of the crisis to the people.
‘I Did Not Become President to Be Popular’ — Arroyo
Below is the transcript of President Arroyo’s State of Nation Address, July 27, 2009 Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. Before I begin my report to the nation, please join me first in a moment of prayer for President Cory Aquino. Thank you, Speaker Nograles, Senate President Enrile, Senators, Representatives, Vice President de Castro,…
Arroyo’s Last Sona: 9 Years of Scandals, Corruption and Repression
Anti-Sona Protests in Manila, Provinces