...5th PNoy SONA President Benigno "PNoy" Aquino III delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address in front of senators and congressmen in Batasan Complex, Quezon City on Monday, July 22, 2014. The President's penultimate SONA, which marked the opening of the 16th Congress, started at exactly 4:00PM and ended after an hour and 31 minutes. It earned 58 rounds of applause from an audience composed lawmakers, government officials, local and international media, dignitaries and other important personalites. PNoy started the SONA recounting how the Philippines, once called as the “sick of man of Asia” and transformed into one of the most promising economy in Asia. He stressed that the country has rebounded to become a tiger economy, much sought after by international investors, an achievement attributed to prudent fiscal management and good governance by the Aquino administration. This must mean that his administration has made many improvements for the nation’s economy, well, if and only if all the data he bragged are true. First economy-related item he emphasized was the around P1.6 billion fund was given to Training-for-Work Scholarship Program of TESDA. A total of 223,615 beneficiaries have graduated with an equivalent of 146,731 graduates currently working. As the saying goes, the human resource is the most important asset of on the organization, so this somehow contributes to the growth of a business and the economy. Moreover, many of these graduates are employed in the...
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...Rochellin Adesna BSBA 3 July 29, 2013 FM 19(Public Finance or Elective) STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS OF HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III President Aquino on Monday, July 22, 2013 delivered his fourth state of the nation address (SONA). It was Pnoy’s longest SONA so far but has been applauded less frequently compared to last year. SONA this year were focused on the achievements of the government on his term such as approval of the Sin Tax Reform Law and “ Responsible Parenthood Law”( RH Law), reforms in Education System(K-12), Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program(4Ps), increase in number of TESDA graduates, increase in Phil Health enrollees from 62% to 81% and improved benefits, allocation of P 6.2 Billion for flood control in Metro Manila, completion of 9,377 housing units for typhoon Sendong victims, 63% reduction in number of private armed groups, 21.4 increase in foreign tourists arrivals in 2012 and 7.85 GDP(Gross Domestic Product) growth the first quarter of 2013. However, it also highlights some of the changes to hike SSS contributions and train fares. “We believe that it is time to amend the SSS Pension Scheme. We must establish measures that remedy the outflow of funds. If we add 0.6% to the contribution rate, it will immediately deduct P 141 billion from the unfunded liability, “Aquino said. Pnoy said the need to reform pension Scheme is necessary to avoid depletion of SSS funds in the next 28...
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...It has always been a practice that teachers all over the country task their students to write an essay or reaction paper about the SONA 2013 SONA 2013 Reaction Paper Guide PNoy had already delivered his SONA yesterday at Batasang Pambansa Complex, Quezon City. This is his fourth SONA, which means he only has three more years before stepping out of the office. To help you formulate a great President Noynoy Aquino SONA 2013 Reaction Paper, we have prepared a guide for you to be able to write on your own. Also, we have a SONA 2013 Reaction Paper Sample to be uploaded in a few. Please just follow the instructions below. Don't copy and paste. Include your own thoughts and reactions about his platforms and achievements. Make an in-depth analysis of how you feel PNoy administration fared for the past year. PNoy SONA 2013 Reaction Paper Guide Teachers have different styles and approach when it comes to writing a reaction paper. However, it is mainly divided into three parts. Summary. Give a brief background about the topic at hand. You can include some details about the SONA, information on its schedule, location and the simple facts about PNoy's term. You can also include the main theme that PNoy focused on in his speech. Analysis. Scrutinize the entire speech. Find the strong and weak points. Find the parts you agreed with and the ones you feel doesn't make any sense. Make little comments about the reaction of the crowd and how you perceived it, if it is different...
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...On July 27, 2015, President Benigno “PNoy” Aquino delivered his sixth and final State of the Nation Address, at Batasan Complex, Quezon City, which is considered as his longest SONA. For the past five years, the Philippines made a rapid advancement especially with regards to its economy. It seemed that the Philippine economy reacted positively with PNoy’s “Daang Matuwid”. The Philippines now is slowly climbing the global competitiveness rankings thanks to PNoy’s advocacy to good governance reforms. President Aquino, highlighted his speech with the achievements of his administration including the improved economy and outlook; increased collection of revenues and benefits of his social service programs (Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4ps) and PhilHealth), comparing this to the past administration of Macapagal Arroyo including fertilizer fund scam; the NBN-ZTE anomalous deal and "Hello Garci" scandal. In our opinion, President Aquino rightly delivered a summary of what his administration has done to the country. He had to use previous administration's scandals so that the mistakes it incurred will not be repeated. The most unexpected part of his SONA was his indirect speech towards Vice President Jejomar Binay the standard-bearer of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) for next year elections and his presidential endorsement. Our President had dedicated his term on apprehending the corruption in our country. Comparing to the past administration, we can state that the...
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...A Failure to Comply Justine Marie R. Masangcap It is disappointing to see and to hear that President Noynoy Aquino’s Daaang Matuwid program against corruption has failed. From PNoy’s latest SONA, the programs that succeeded are enumerated and expounded. Education and poverty are upheld, but many say that it is still not worthy. The administration is still lacking in terms of programs and actions. Pay once said that during his reign, there will be a “Wang-Wang” ban and road reconstructions for better and easier travel, but the MMDA office is still experiencing traffics, transportation problems and road failures. Employees get late for work, students wake up earlier to prevent the traffic, business produce low profit and a lot experience headache and frustration. The Aquino Administration is fighting corruption, they uphold programs and services for funds and other financial matters, but why is it that DepEd is having problems in finances for the teachers’ salary and for school renovations? There are low number of teachers, low number of school facilities, but high number of students. It is not balanced and proportional. These situations may lead to students’ lacking knowledge just like in the latest news saying that a lot of pupils are asking why Apolinario Mabini is sitting in the whole movie of “Heneral Luna” considering he is one of the country’s heroes. In terms of poverty matters, it is said that the rate from the start of his reign up until now lessen, but it is not transparent...
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...he delivered his one and a half third State of the Nation Address at the Batasan Pambansa Complex, July 23. The well-applauded forty pages speech of PNoy had undergone a lot of revisions more than seven drafts that entitled, “Report kay Boss”. President Aquino once again faced the country and show the people what has been changed since being elected 2010.The third and the last SONA of PNoy before the ELECTION 2013 highlights the positive changes, accomplishments of his administration made in the past 2 years and the plans for the rest of his term. President Aquino talks about the nightmares of the lost decades. Though, not mention the name of former President Arroyo he still alluded to remind people of what his administration had to reckon. He cited the anomalies in the Northrail Project. He said that an expensive project that became even more expensive after the renegotiation and the higher cost came with fewer public benefits. And the debts incurred from that project are now being called in. “Nothing is impossible to a united Filipino nation”. He noted. Some of the improvements and plans of Pnoy’s administrations are: Relief Goods and Rescue Operation are now ready before the calamity/storms arrives. The disasters preparedness has improved. PNoy receives a long applause after saying that the country is now a creditor nation because Filipinos always borrowed before and now in his administration we are the ones lending. Aquino recalled starting off the wave of reforms...
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...PNoy's longest SONA is short on key policy issues by Ira Pedrasa, ABS-CBNnews.com Posted at 07/22/2013 10:06 PM | Updated as of 07/22/2013 10:10 PM MANILA - It was President Benigno Aquino III’s longest State of the Nation Address (SONA) so far, and maybe the longest post-1986. Despite a close to 2-hour State of the Nation Address, two analysts still found it short on key policy decisions. They said it lacked depth on issues that mattered to his overall theme of “inclusive growth.” Aquino's first SONA in 2010 ran for close to 40 minutes, his second ran for 53 minutes, and his third ran for around one hour and 30 minutes. Aquino’s fourth, which went on for around hour and 43 minutes, was replete with “melodramatic” clips, University of the Philippines sociologist Nicole Curato noted. “It felt like it was crafted for foreign investors, he’s doing a cheerleader role, but in terms of him playing an elected official to his bosses, it had melodramatic clips that [do not] affect us in real life," she said. UP political analyst Jean Encinas-Franco also noted the “long, boring” speech that did not dig deep into issues that really mattered. For instance, there was no discussion on how he would generate jobs for Filipinos, she said. “There was not anything about job creation, rights of labor.” She said Aquino reiterated too much on the conditional cash transfer program even if it can't solve poverty. “Let us be reminded that the budget for the [CCT] is from a loan from the World...
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...Chapter 4 Data Gathering Presentation, Interpretation and Analysis Data Analysis and Presentation This chapter presents the results of the data gathered in the form of survey questionnaire from the 20% of the 3rd year and 4th year Broadcasting Students of Lyceum of the Philippines University-Manila. The collection of data analysis is about on the effectiveness of media in building or ruining a politician’s image. The goal of this chapter is to determine the perception of the respondents on the effectiveness of media in ruining or building a politician’s image. This chapter outlines the results of data gathered that analyzed and interpreted by the researchers. Actual Fieldwork After the approval of Professor Renalyn Valdez for our research instrument, we asked from the CAS Department an official list of enrolled 3rd and 4th year Mass Communication Major in Broadcasting students as refererence for our respondents and schedule. On September 3 and 5, the researcher, were scheduled to conduct their survey. The distributed survey questionnaire for 35 respondents from the 4 sections of Broadcasting students in the Lyceum of the Philippines University-Manila. The researchers tabulatedbtheir answers after conducting the survey and some up with the percentage and weighted mean of the questions. After tallying their answers, the researchers analyzed and interpreted the data gathered. I. Profile of the Respondents The chosen respondents are 3rd year and 4th year...
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