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House Secretary General Reginald Velasco said that he expected about 2,000 guests will attend the speech, making it the largest SONA by attendance. [2] There were 1,814 seats in the plenary. [4] Former presidents Joseph Estrada and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who is also the incumbent representative from Pampanga's 2nd district, attended the SONA. [5]
The SONA is traditionally held annually. The presidential speech has been delivered in English until 2009 when it was last delivered in the said language. [citation needed] Benigno Aquino III was the first president to deliver the presidential speech in Filipino. He used Filipino in all of his six speeches from 2010 to 2015.
The State of the Nation Address (SONA; Filipino: Talumpati sa Kalagayan ng Bansa [1]) is an annual address by the president of the Philippines to a joint session of the Congress of the Philippines. Mandated by the 1987 Constitution , the speech is delivered on the fourth Monday of July at the Plenary Session Hall of the Batasang Pambansa ...
Duterte began his speech with a tirade against ABS-CBN, the Lopezes who own the company and Senate Minority Floor Leader Franklin Drilon. He accused Drilon of defending the Lopezes as " oligarchs " and for linking the anti-dynasty system to his daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte and son Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte .
Before President Bongbong Marcos started his speech, the singing of Lupang Hinirang by Lara Maigue was held. [6] It was followed by the ecumenical prayer led by representatives of various religious groups. Marcos started his speech at 4:06pm and ended at 5:17pm, both times PHT, lasting for 1 hour and 11 minutes. [7]
On January 6, House Speaker Mike Johnson formally invited Biden to address the joint session of Congress.It took place two days after Super Tuesday.The speech was expected to provide Biden a chance to address issues such as the economy, democracy, abortion rights, the United States–Mexico border crisis, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the Israel-Hamas War.
January 28, 2020 [103] 104 Improving access to Healthcare through the regulation of prices in the Retail of Drugs and Medicines February 17, 2020 [104] 105 Creating a National Task Force to prevent the entry of Animal-Borne Diseases, Contain and control the transmission Thereof, and address issues relating thereto February 21, 2020 [105] 106
The show features several guests to analyze the issues of the Philippines, as well as reports and rundown of the day's news. [1]In March 2020, the show was temporarily suspended due to the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.