Bautista, Bobsqy R. President Benigno S. Aquino III delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 28, 2014, in the Session Hall of the House of Representatives, Batasang Pambansa, Quezon City. The President started his speech with a famous and common Filipino saying “Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makakarating sa paroroonan” And he started recounting the miseries , chaos and problems of a very weak , unstable and poor Philippines at the start of his
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Corazon Cojuangco Aquino January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009 Biography Born: January 25, 1933 (1933-01-25) In Paniqui, Tarlac, Philippines Political Party: United Nationalists Democratic Organizations (UNIDO)/Lakas ng Bayan (LABAN) Spouse: Benigno Aquino, Jr. Religion: Roman Catholic Corazon “Cory” Cojuangco Aquino was a political leader (from 1983) and president (1986–92) of the Philippines who restored democratic rule in that country after the long dictatorship of Ferdinand
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11: 04 a.m.) The Philippines now has a Reproductive Health (RH) law as the highly controversial measure bagged President Benigno Aquino III's approval, the Palace confirmed Saturday. "Today, Republic Act No. 10354, or the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012, has been published online in the Official Gazette, after being signed by President Aquino on December 21, 2012," Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said in a statement. The measure is expected to widen public
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President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Cojuangco Aquino III MANILA, Philippines - Leadership is action, not position. — Donald H. McGannon Who are the 25 top movers and shakers in the exciting, colorful, sometimes treacherous and often topsy-turvy world of Philippine politics? Can we the citizenry appeal to these leaders to hopefully help change the future of our society by putting public interest above self-interests? 1. Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Cojuangco Aquino III — A man of destiny and political
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Nation Address Of President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino The purpose of having a SONA is to report the economical stability of our country. But, does our country are now more progressive than before? Do we commit the main goal of the main goal of our president which is the straight path in achieving such ideal state? These questions always come into my mind as I watch and listen to the SONA of our president. Let us all notice the achievements of President Aquino as I summarized his last State of the
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Our Honorable President Benigno S. Aquino III again delivered his 4th State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 22, 2013 as mandated by the Constitution. President Noynoy started to address the nation at exactly 4:03 in the afternoon in front of the joint Congressional session and other members of the 3 branches of government in Batasang Pambansa Complex. 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
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election aftermath. There were ten presidential candidates and the top candidates were Noynoy Aquino, Manny Villar, Gilbert Teodoro, Joseph Estrada and Dick Gordon. Aquino was the product of people’s demand and the initiative of Mar Roxas to give way and step down. The people anticipated him like his parents who were advocates of democracy and perpetuators of truth, peace and order. When the late president Corazon Aquino died, many pursued and convinced him to follow his parents’ footsteps and run for
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zAnti-Trees, Anti-Nature, Anti-People Regime: KARATULA - Pampanga's Statement on the planned cutting of trees in Mabalacat City by Kabataan Partylist Central Luzon on Monday, November 19, 2012 at 12:31am · Anti-Trees, Anti-Nature, Anti-People Regime Another Massacre? 486 trees, which are fifty years old, along the Old MacArthur Highway, Mabalacat City, have “X” marks on their trunks. These marks are made by DPWH, as a sign that they will cut these trees, because “because many people have
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Land Use under the Aquino Administration Land use conversion is becoming an issue as it is becoming massive and anti-poor, basically more profits for the heartless capitalists. The talk of Sir Kristian Saguin made me realize the work of President Simeon Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III on the land use. I complement PNoy for initiating in his SONA last July 2010 for the National Land Use and Management Act(NLUMA) to be passed. NLUMA as the national land use as the highest policy making body. It categorizes
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Diamla, Saddam L. MPA 1 Economic impact of Pres. Benigno C. Aquino III. After President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s term, President Noynoy Aquino took over the highest position of the country. P’noy was left with many challenges, challenges that left a scar to different government sector and to our community until now. Those challenges are well known in many names and it goes with the name of corruption, injustices, high unemployment rate, natural resources exploitation, poverty and many more
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