MANILA, Philippines - President Benigno 'PNoy' Aquino III delivered on

Monday, July 27, 2015 his sixth and final State of the Nation Address
(SONA). Lawmakers and guests at Batasan Pambansa in Quezon City gave
him 146 rounds of applause with the loudest on his thanksgiving and
valedictory speech. ONA 2015 has been the longest speech of Aquino on
his five years in service. It started at exactly 4:00 in the afternoon and
concluded after two hours and 15 minutes.
Before the SONA, Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said
PNoy will emulate his mother Cory Aquino who looked back at history
during her final SONA in July 22, 1991. As a result, PNoy made some rants
to the previous administrations.
Be guided with our review and analysis of President Aquino's
SONA 2015. Students may use this as reference for making a
reaction paper:
"My bosses, this is the story of our journey along the Straight Path,"
Aquino started his speech.
Aquino recalled the issues of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
(PGMA) administration that were inherited to him before his term in 2010
such as 'Hello Garci' scandal, ZTE-NBN deal, MWSS bonus, Maguindanao
massacre, and NFA anomalies.
"May naalala ba kayong nagsabing, Sorry sa pagnanakaw at pangaabuso, handa na akong magbago? Ang sa akin lang po: Makaka-move
on lang tayo kapag nakamtan ang katarungan," Aquino said.
"The moment we assumed the presidency, we began to unearth anomaly
after anomaly," Aquino added.
The president boasts his accomplishments in fighting corruption and
poverty under his "Daang Matuwid" campaign and trumpeted economic
gains. "The reforms we have sown along the Straight Path will bear an
even more bountiful harvest in the future," Aquino said.

"Corruption was the root of our people's suffering. Our battlecry: where
there is no corruption, there will be no poverty," Aquino said.
He even highlighted Kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap."
Aquino lauded Commissioner Kim Henares as she spared no tax evader.
380 cases have already been filed against those who attempted to evade
taxes. In 2014, the commission's collection went up to P1.3 trillion, this
2015, the collection up to P1.5 trillion.
Aquino said the Philippines is now called Asias Rising Tiger, Asias Rising
Star, Asias Bright Spot as the country was unanimously deemed
investment grade by the most prominent credit rating agencies.
According to him, around 80,000 new entrants join our labor force every
year.
In the manufacturing sector, there's a 3% average growth from 20012009, up to 8% from 2010 to 2014.
President Aquino claims that our unemployment rate dropped to 6.8% last
year and considered as the lowest recorded in a decade.
Once again, Aquino highlighted the 'Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program'
or 4Ps which now have 4.4 million beneficiaries from 786,523 in 2010. In
2008, there were 2.9 million out of school youth in the country. In 2013,
only 1.2 million out of school youth remained.
On education sector, PNoy said that Alternative Learning System helped
to ensure that even indigenous peoples and street children are not left
behind.
He also gave update and requirements for K to 12 program - backlogs of
66,800 classrooms, 145,827 teachers, 73.9 million textbooks already
provided. The president also explained why K to 12 was implemented, he
said: "We implemented K to 12 because it is not practical to cram learning
in a 10-year basic education cycle." For the 2016 proposed budget,
around 103.2 million textbooks and 4.4M chairs already included.

For TESDA program of the government, studies show that 71.9% [of
TESDA graduates] found employment right away, compared to the 28.5%
recorded before.
In the health sector, 89.4 million Filipinos are already member of
Philhealth program. Beginning in 2014, for the poorest 40 percent of the
population, treatment in public hospitals is free.
In social welfare, PNoy said that in the Sitio Electrification program,
25,257 sitios out of 32,441 were served.
In aviation, ICAO lifted the safety concerns it imposed to the Philippines in
2013. The EU Air Safety Committee lifted the travel ban in all local
carriers. Now, all our airlines will be able to fly directly to the United
Kingdom, Italy, and other countries part of the EU.
For the unresolved problems on Metro Rail Transit (MRT), Aquino said
plans of purchasing of new MRT train coaches. He said that the process to
obtain new MRT rails underway, together with the upgrading of the
signaling and automatic fare collecting system but failed to mention the
target timeline for the project.
For Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) modernization, the government
has plan to buy 2 more C-130. There will be additional 6 landing craft
utilities and 3 C-295 medium lift transport.
He also mentioned the PNP Capability Enhancement Program of which
2,523 patrol jeeps and 577 utility vehicles were purchased. He also boasts
the 'Oplan Lambat Sibat' to arrest criminals. On his term, he said that
163,000 most wanted criminals were seized including Marwan and
Usman.
Aquino cited the long-awaited infrastructure projects such as MuntinlupaCavite Expressway (MCX) and Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway o
TPLEX and the ongoing projects including Cavite-Laguna Expressway,
Skyway Stage 3, and NLEX-SLEX Road. The Laguna Lakeshore Expressway
Dike will be awarded this December.

Aquino mentioned the latest survey from SWS that 8 out of 10 Filipinos
believed that the country will be included in the list of developed
countries. Based on Gallup survey, the Philippines has the highest
optimism in Asia Pacific and second highest in the world.
The president also included on his SONA the update on car sales in the
country which is up in 27% in 2014.
PNoy also wish to pass the Bangsamoro Basic Law by the Current
Congress. "Ilang buhay pa ang kailangang ibuwis para magising ang lahat
sa obligasyong baguhin and sirang status quo sa Muslim Mindanao?"
When he mentioned his interest on Anti-Dynasty Law, it received the
loudest applause from SONA expectators. "Panahon na para ipasa ang
isang Anti-Dynasty Law."
PNoy also thanked Congress and Senate for other bills and acts such as
Philippine Competition Law, Sin Tax Reform Act and Responsible
Parenthood Act.
The president also praised officials of the government for
their contributions, sacrifice and wellspring of inspiration to the nation. He
lauded Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas. "Mar,
pinatutunayan mo: You can't put a good man down."
Aquino highlighted the Gross Domestic Project (GDP) growth of 6.2
percent from 2010. "If we reach 6.8 percent this 2015, then we will have
posted the fastest 6 year average growth period in almost six decades."
He added that the next administration should continue to promote the
same advocacy. "The next election is a referendum for the Straight and
Righteous Path." But PNoy did not mention his bet for the next
presidential race.
"Taas-noo na tayong humaharap sa mundo at nasasabing, "Kaya ko. Kaya
ng Pilipino. #SimulaPaLangIto. This is only the beginning. We are only in
the 1st chapter of the great story of the Filipino people," Aquino

concluded his speech.

SONA 2015 highlighted the achievements of the government in
transportation and communications, tax/revenue, labor and wages,
international relations, education, budget and finance, peace, social
welfare, justice, disaster preparedness, national security, economy,
infrastructure, governance and reform.

Reaction: What Aquino missed on his Final SONA

The president didn't defend our claims against Chinas expansionism in
relation to West Philippine Sea dispute.
In addition, Aquino did not mention the issue on the Priority Development
Assistance Fund (PDAF) with many of the politicians are involved.
He has no words also for January 25 Mamasapano operation, which left
over 60 people dead including 44 police commandos.
PNoy also failed to include the passage of the Freedom of Information
(FOI) bill in his SONA. The measure aims to eliminate corruption in the
bureaucracy by giving the public greater access to government
transactions and records.
Despite of the said achievements and plans of the government,
Anakpawis, Bayan and other militant groups unfazed by heavy rain
marched along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City toward Batasan
Pambansa on Monday morning.
Kung Mayo Uno nga, wala kaming napala, SONA pa kaya ng isang
narcissistic na pangulo, Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP) chair
Leody de Guzman said.
On Monday, Social Weather Stations (SWS) has released second-quarter
survey results which shows that 11.2 million families or 51 percent of
Filipino families considered themselves as 'poor'. In the survey, self-rated

poverty was also at 51 percent the previous quarter, and was at 52

percent in the fourth quarter of 2014.

MANILA - (UPDATE 3 - 6:29 p.m.) President Benigno S. Aquino III used his last State of the
Nation Address to outline the priority legislation he wants Congress to pass until the end of
his term, blame much of his problems on the legacy of his predecessor, and thank his
Cabinet for their good work in helping him fulfill the promises of Daang Matuwid the past
five years.
Addressing the joint session of the 16th Congress, the President said on top of his list, as
expected, is passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) pending in Congress, which he
hoped would finally bring peace to the South.
Speaking in Filipino in a speech lasting two hours and 13 minutes and punctuated with a
dozen short video clips, he challenged BBL critics to provide good alternatives to the bill
now the subject of heated debate in Congress; otherwise, he said, they will simply
guarantee the country cannot have peaceful, good change.
He asked Congress, as well, to pass the rationalization of fiscal incentives bill in order to
end the grant of haphazard, fragmented incentives for business; and noted the urgency of
enacting a unified pension reform law.
He hoped lawmakers will pass swiftly the 2016 budget, so that progress won't be derailed in
the last part of his administration
His declaration he will push passage of an anti-dynasty law drew much applause.
FOI not on priority list
A glaring omission in his list of priority measures is the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill.
Aquino thanked Congress for the passage of legislation that allowed sweeping reforms to

be put in place, such as the Competition Law; the sin tax reform and amendments to the
Cabotage law; and the reproductive health law.
He thanked Congress for all the "substantive bills" they passed, underscoring how a
responsible Congress can truly go a long way in helping push reform and progress.
He spent over 20 minutes thanking all those who helped and inspired him, starting with God
and hos parents, then his Cabinet members past and present; the security officers; his
sisters and their families; and even his stylist and housekeeper Yoly. The camera caught her
seated in the gallery, eyes misting.
He also thanked all those who helped and volunteered in dealing with the spate of
disasters; and the children who "clung to me and showed me they trusted me," giving him
hope to continue despite the challenges and the brickbats.
"Even if I have felt like a punching bag, I have not flinched because I know you are behind
me," he said. "Tunay nga akong hindi nag-iisa (I am truly not alone)."
"It has been an honor to lead you," he added.
He made a final appeal. The gains of Daang Matuwid must be nurtured and sustained, he
said, citing among others the need to pursue the AFP modernization, to ensure those
helped by the 4Ps don't slide back to poverty; and the full cycle of disaster management is
completed following the "build back better" approach.
2016 polls referendum for Daang Matuwid
He cited his Liberal Party mates' wish, for their reforms to be pursued beyond the 2016
elections; "Should we allow everything we worked for, to be erased by just one elections?"
He said the next election will be a referendum of Daang Matuwid, and the cameras focused
on VP Binay, Sec. Mar Roxas and Sen. Grace Poe, all presumptive candidates for president
in 2016. All three were seen beaming widely at his remarks.
He said he can face anyone and say he did his best following his best lights and judgment,
then quoted Timothy 4: 7: "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept
the faith."
He says there's an ominous darkness in the distance, but also the light of hope from the
gains thus far achieved.
Blames Arroyo, again
Earlier, the President began his SONA with a repeat of his litany of instances of misrule by
his predecessor, former President now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo, before trumpeting
what he described as solid achievements achieved under his administration anchored on
Daang Matuwid.
Noting last Friday's inauguration of the Muntinlupa-Cavite Expressway (MCX) that was the
first public-private partnership approved in his term, he said it had not always been easy for

government to court investors because the previous regime had grossly mismanaged the
country.
"We've gone far, indeed," he said, speaking in Filipino, but it was not always that
way: People had become numb to the lies, cheating, and stealing that characterized the
past government, with data touting services being mostly fudged.
The claim of uninterrupted growth was a disguise for the real sector that made this possible,
he said: the remittances from people who had lost hope in the Philippines, or "people voting
with their feet."
He then listed anomalies that made the headlines in the Arroyo administration: the P700million fertilizer scam in 2004; the NBN-ZTE scandal; the "Hello Garci" electoral fraud; the
attempts to change the Charter, and the misuse of executive privilege to block
congressional hearings.
He recalled the resort to a "state of emergency to avoid checks and balances" and the
midnight appointments of people to cover up for shenanigans.
In a dig at the past administration's human rights record, he assailed the "calibrated,
preemptive response" used against dissenters.
He cited other alleged anomalies he came upon when he assumed the presidency in 2010:
bloated rice imports to as much as P176.8-B in July 2010; millions misspent for "coffee" at
state gaming agency PAGCOR; the P18-billion dredging project at Laguna Lake, which he
called money spent to "play with mud."
He then cited the Maguindanao massacre of November 2009, which happened, he said,
because of the culture of impunity then.
"Can we blame our people for leaving because they had lost hope?" he asked.
Not easy decision
He said it was not an easy decision for him to make when a public campaign prevailed on
him to seek higher office beyond the Senate, when his mother died in 2009, but duty
compelled him to heed it.
Harping on the success of his administration's anti-corruption campaign, Aquino pointed to
"the detention of three senators and the hospital arrest of the former president," referring to
Senators Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada, Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. and Juan Ponce Enrile, who
are being tried on plunder and graft charges over the pork barrel scam, and Pampanga
Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Aquino compared practically each of his administration's accomplishments to what he called
the failures of his predecessor.
He said government-owned and controlled corporations under the past administration
managed to hand out only P84.18 billion in dividends over nine-and-a half years even as

executives awarded themselves lavish benefits and incentives even when the firms were
bleeding.
Under his watch, he said, GOCC dividends had almost doubled to P131.8 billion.
He also cited tax revenues, which he said breached the P1-trillion mark for the first time in
2012 and are projected to reach P1.5 trillion this year as he lauded Internal Revenue
Commissioner Kim Henares for improving the tax payment system and not sparing tax
evaders, more than 300 of whom are now facing charges.
This, he said, has improved investor confidence in the country and improved the economy.
'Rising star'
When he became president, Aquino said all he wanted to do was stamp out corruption.
"But who among you imagined that our global competitiveness rankings would also rise?"
he asked, noting that the country has been referred to as "Asia's rising tiger," "Asia's rising
star," "Asia's bright spot" and has been declared investment grade by leading credit ratings
agencies.
In 2014, he said, net foreign direct investments reached P6.2 billion, "the highest in our
history," and "even domestic investment numbers are lively."
From 2003 to 2010, he said, domestic investments totaled only P1.24 trillion. From the third
quarter of 2010 to 2014, he said, these had reached P2.09 trillion.
He also pointed to a rejuvenated manufacturing sector, which achieved 8 percent annual
growth from 2010-2014, from 3 percent from 2001-2009.
If the country's main attraction for investors used to be low wages, he said, "now it is highteceh manufacturing."
"All these are the result of reforms under 'daang matuwid' (the straight path)," he said.
Job creation
Aquino also boasted that his administration's creation of jobs had cushioned the impact of
the declining number of overseas Filipino workers, which had gone down from 9.51 million
to 9.07 million in December 2014.
He said it was likely that the 400,000 former OFWs "returned to the country and found jobs."
The unemployment rate, he said, had declined to 6.8 percent last year, "the lowest in a
decade."
And, he added, the jobs created under his watch are "permanent, not street sweepers
employed only during survey periods."
He also said industrial strife had plunged under his administration, from the 109 strikes
during the Arroyo administration to only 15 in the past five years, with only one strike in
2013, the lowest in the history of the Department of Labor and Employment.

Aquino also said that instead of "no vacancy" signs, classified ads are now full of "for
immediate hiring" notices with employers competing to give prospective workers incentives,
which he credited to his administration's addressing the jobs-skills mismatch.
Inclusive growth
He also trumpeted the achievements of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, or 4Ps,
his administration's cornerstone thrust to achieve "inclusive growth," saying its coverage
had broadened to 4.4 million beneficiary-families, way beyond the 786,523 achieved by the
previous administration.
Under the 4Ps, he said, 333,673 students finished high school, 14,469 of them with honors,
with two of them enrolling in civil engineering, a quota course at the University of the
Philippines.
Aquino also said the number of out-of-school youth has been reduced from 2.9 million when
he began his term to 1.2 million in 2013, partly because of the alternative learning system,
which has benefited street children and indigenous people.
He also touted the K-12 education reform, which he said is necessary to ensure students
"are ripe to forge their future."
Before K-12, he said, the Philippines was one of only three countries that still adhered to the
10-year education cycle, which had led to "the qualifications of our workers being
questioned" and even saw some demoted.
He added that his administration has been steadily addressing the lack of classrooms and
teachers, quoting Education Secretary Armin Luistro as saying the number of new
classrooms and teachers "is more than the 20 years before" his term began.
Chides 'manhid' at palpak' critique
Without naming Vice President Jejomar Binay, whom he greeted earlier, Mr. Aquino also
chided him for tagging his administration as "manhid and palpak [numb and incompetent]"
in an earlier speech. The President cited the enhancements in the state health insurance
program PhilHealth, and said this best disproved the accusation of insensitivity and
ineptness.
The President then stopped speaking momentarily to give way to a short video of a man
needing a costly heart operation, which was shouldered by PhilHealth where his wife is a
member.
In yet another video footage, a provincial governor said they received P400 million to
expand their PhilHealth services as result of the passage of the Sin Tax Law.
In a word, he pointed out the sequential wisdom of his administration's moves: it had licked
corruption; levelled the playing field and boosted the environment for business; and then
expanded vital services using tax proceeds from business's higher profits.
He then encapsulated it by calling citizens by the name he loved best, "Boss". He said:
"Justice, trust, economic growth and opportunity and progress - Boss, ito po ang diwa ng
'kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap.'"

Chides private partners of MRT

Coming to the defense of DOTC Sec. Joseph Emilio Abaya, he reminded the public that
while the government was drawing flak over the MRT3 mess, people forget there is an
"MRTC" or a private corporation that co-owns the light train system, but which has not
moved to improve it, beyond superficial repainting work.
When public anger over the dilapidated trains rose, Aquino said the private entities in MRTC
finally passed on the burden to the government, only to take it back later --albeit with a plan
that will saddle people with much costlier services to build in the improvements.
When the government took over anew, it was met by a temporary retraining order, he said.
"Trabaho ng pribado pinasa sa atin, ang solusyon naman natin, hinarang nila [The job of the
private sector was tossed to us; but when we gave solutions, they blocked it]."
He then cited the DOTC plans to overhaul the MRT in the last year of his administration,
with the arrival of new trains from China and three new trains to be delivered each month;
new rails and signalling system, and an automatic fare collection system.
The power supply for trains is due for an upgrade by 2016, he said.
He stressed he had "no blinders" as critics charge, in dealing with allies, and then publicly
addressed Secretary Abaya. He asked Abaya to be patient if people rake him over the coals
over the MRT3 mess, while forgetting the key reforms he oversaw in the air and sea
transportation sectors.
He credited Abaya with getting the country's aviation sector taken out of a blacklist in the US
and Europe; and with laying down reforms in the maritime sector, resulting, he said, in fewer
sea accidents.
Military, police upgrade
Aquino cited as well the plans to upgrade the Armed Forces and the National Police, noting
the huge challenge posed by both external and internal threats.
He ticked off the big-ticket procurement projects for military and police hardware. But
beyond this, he said the combat pay and allowances of uniformed men were improved; and
housing units built for them--with 8,100 more units expected to be built by the end of his
term.
He ticked off the vital projects built during his term and which had been needed since
decades ago - mostly bridges and roads that linked towns and villages to markets and
cities.
'Confidence in the future'

Aquino said Filipinos have found a renewed confidence in the future because of his
administration's reforms, citing a recent survey that showed eight of 10 respondents
believing "we will reach the level of developed countries."
He also cited a Gallup poll of citizens of more than 140 countries that showed the
Philippines with "the highest job optimism in the Asia-Pacific and second in the world."
He said even the newly employed are confident enough to invest in new cars and
condominium units, recalling that it took him 20 years to save up for a secondhand car.
He also recalled that two firms voiced interest in setting up research and development
facilities in the country and asked "if we could provide enough masteral and Phd holders in
civil engineering," to which, he said, the Department of Science and Technology replied,
"Kayang-kaya (We can)."
And, he added, when he suggested that they could hire returning OFWs even at wages
lower than they used to earn abroad for the chance to be with their families, the firms said
they would match their salaries.
Aquino also said there was a time he felt world leaders engaged the Philippines only as an
obligation but "now, we are receiving invitations for state visits left and right," often
accompanied by praise.
Final SONA awaited
The final SONA had been the subject of much speculation for many people wishing to hear
how he would frame the past five years since he assumed the presidency under unique
circumstances: in the glow of his parents' democratic legacy, his campaign boosted by
overwhelming sympathy from a nation grieving over the death of his mother, former
President Corazon Aquino, from cancer.
People also wanted to hear what priorities he would lay down for the last final year of his
term, given competing agenda, besides the 2016 national budget.

Main Topics for Discussion:

Blaming the Previous Administration:
President Aquino once again blamed the previous
administration of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
mentioning the problems he inherited during his earlier days
as President such as the NBN ZTE Deal, Hello Garci
controversy, questionable bank accounts of Jose Pidal,

Maguindanao Massacre, MWSS Bonuses and the NFA

anomalies.
Highlighting the Achievement of His Cabinet Members:
The President applauded the members of his Cabinet for an
excellent jobs as members of his Daang Matuwid program. He
showcased the achievements of his administration in
transportation and communications, tax/revenue, labor and
wages, international relations, education, budget and finance,
peace, social welfare, justice, calamity and disaster
preparedness, national security, economy, infrastructure,
governance and reform.
Pres. Aquino lauded Commissioner Kim Henares for her tax
reforms mentioning the 380 cases filed against tax evaders.
The collections of the BIR also went up to P1.3 trillion and this
year 2015, the BIR collection went up to P1.5 trillion.
Manufacturing & Unemployment:
Pres. Aquino stated that theres a 3% average growth in the
manufacturing sector from 2001-2009 but under his
administration from 2010 to 2014, the manufacturing sector
grew by 8%. The unemployment rate of the Philippines also
dropped to 6.8% last year and considered as the lowest ever
recorded in a decade.

4Ps and the Education Sector:

Pres. Aquino highlighted the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino
Program or 4Ps which now have 4.4 million beneficiaries
from 786,523 in 2010. In 2008, there were 2.9 million out of
school youth in the country. In 2013, only 1.2 million out of
school youth remained.
On education sector, PNoy said that Alternative Learning
System helped to ensure that even indigenous peoples and
street children are not left behind. The requirements for the K
to 12 programs backlogs of 66,800 classrooms, 145,827
teachers, 73.9 million textbooks already provided.
For TESDA program of the government, studies show that
71.9% [of TESDA graduates] found employment right away,
compared to the 28.5% recorded before.
Health and Social Welfare:
Around 89.4 million Filipinos are already member of the
Philhealth program of the national government and beginning
in 2014, the poorest 40 percent of the population were
treated in public hospitals for free.
In social welfare, PNoy said that in the Sitio Electrification
program, 25,257 sitios out of 32,441 were served.

Aviation & Transportation Sector:

In aviation, ICAO lifted the safety concerns it imposed to the
Philippines in 2013. The EU Air Safety Committee lifted the
travel ban in all local carriers.
For the unresolved problem on Metro Rail Transit (MRT),
Aquino said plans of purchasing of new MRT train coaches.
Armed Forces of the Philippines:
In the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) modernization,
the government has plan to buy 2 more C-130. There will be
additional 6 landing craft utilities and 3 C-295 medium lift
transport.
President Aquino mentioned the PNPs project such as their
Capability Enhancement Program of which 2,523 patrol jeeps
and 577 utility vehicles were purchased.
Important Bills and Legislations:
Pres. PNoy wish to pass the Bangsamoro Basic Law and his
interest on the controversial Anti-Dynasty Law which received
the loudest applause from SONA expectators.
When he mentioned his interest on Anti-Dynasty Law, it
received the loudest applause from SONA expectators.
Panahon na para ipasa ang isang Anti-Dynasty Law.

PNoy also thanked Congress and Senate for other bills and
acts such as Philippine Competition Law, Sin Tax Reform Act
and Responsible Parenthood Act.
The president also thanked officials of the government for
their contributions, sacrifice and wellspring of inspiration to
the nation. He lauded Interior and Local Government
Secretary Mar Roxas for his contributions to Daang Matuwid.
Pres. Aquino ended his speech with the following statement
Simula pa lang ito. [Palakpakan] Nasa unang yugto pa lang
tayo ng dakilang kuwento ng sambayanang Pilipino. Sa gabay
ng Panginoong Maykapal, at sa patuloy nating pagtahak sa
Daang Matuwid, lalo pang tatayog ang mga pangarap na
maaabot natin. Lalo pang lalawak ang kaunlarang tinatamasa
natin. Nasasainyo pong mga kamay ang direksiyon natin.
Magandang gabi po sa inyong lahat, maraming salamat sa
inyong lahat po.
Reactions to President Aquinos SONA:
President Aquino missed so many important topics during his
last and final SONA, the entire SONA centered on his
administrations accomplishment and giving credits to his
partners on his Daang Matuwid.

Some of the important issues that the President failed to

mention during his sixth SONA are the following, the
controversial PDAF issue, the Mamasapano Massacre, the
expansion of Chinese territories in the West Philippine Sea
and the Freedom of Information Bill to name a few.