Tag: state of the nation address

Philippine Opposition fails again to respond INTELLIGENTLY to Duterte’s 2020 SONA

July 28, 2020 benign0 2 Comments

The much-awaited State of the Nation Address (SONA) had come and gone and all the Opposition have to show for is a set of failed supposedly orchestrated street protests rallies. It seems the concept of “opposition” to today’s Opposition partisans does not go beyond the old mold of overused “activist” clichés that are thick on…

Politics

What to expect from Duterte’s 2020 State of the Nation Address

July 25, 2020July 25, 2020 benign0 1 Comment

But of course the usual mob of Opposition “activists” will defy the ban on “street protests” on Monday the 27th July 2020. But are they going to exhibit or demonstrate anything new? Quite unlikely. They will be as predictable as they’ve always been — with their “oust” rhetoric, their “human rights” blah blah, and their…

Politics

If I were Duterte, this is the State of the Nation Address I’d be delivering today…

July 22, 2019July 22, 2019 benign0 8 Comments

My fellow Filipinos, Today your government stands before you in top form — validated by the crushing defeat of the Opposition in this year’s election and, thus, enjoying renewed affirmation that the Filipino people stand solid behind our program to implement long-overdue change. Our commitment to serve stands on principles that need no deference to…

Government

Resurgence, relevance, and regard for the future, all in the SONA

July 31, 2018August 1, 2018 FallenAngel 3 Comments

During the State of the Nation address (SONA) last July 23, I got the impression that the Opposition to the administration of president Rodrigo Duterte had been sidelined: Attention in social media was generally away from the protests outside. Every year, the protests are already expected, complete with the effigy. This year it was one…

Culture, Politics

The Opposition lost the Philippines in 2016 and then lost it again in 2018 after #SONA2018

July 24, 2018July 24, 2018 benign0 5 Comments

As expected, the Philippine Opposition under the leadership of the Liberal Party (a.k.a. the Yellowtards) are screeching over the return of certain “evil” characters — former president now House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for one. It’s déjà vu, they say — as if that, by itself, is an argument that supports the “evilness” they believe…

Politics

President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (#SONA2018) July 23, 2018

July 23, 2018 benign0 30 Comments

Today, the Philippine President will be delivering his much-awaited State of the Nation Address (SONA) before joint sessions of Philippine Congress. Perhaps, as most Filipino “activists” point out, all this will be “just words”. Everyone from the most pedestrian of Filipino observers to the most be-credentialled “thought leaders” of the land will have an opinion…

Charter Change, Culture, Politics

The REAL Philippine State of the Nation demystified

July 15, 2018July 15, 2018 benign0 9 Comments

Again, like the federalism “issue”, political “analysts” and their dogs have recently been issuing their two cents on the whats and what nots of the state of the Philippine Nation. This is of course the gathering din of two-bit chatter in the lead up to the State of the Nation Address (SONA) to be delivered…

Culture, Development, Society

Duterte reminded Filipinos who they REALLY are during his #SONA2017 address

July 27, 2017 benign0 6 Comments

Self-anointed disente Filipinos were aghast with what they described as the balasubas (uncouth) behaviour of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte as he delivered his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday. The alluring Senator Risa Hontiveros, one of Duterte’s chief critics in the Senate sported her hottest resting bitch face (RBF) which she kept…

Culture, Government