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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 speech marks the opening of the parliamentary year and is usually attended by important political and governmental figures of South Africa, including former Presidents, the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court and other members of the judiciary, the Governor of the Reserve Bank, and Ambassadors and Diplomats to the Republic.
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.
Read Kamala Harris' full speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention when she accepted the party nomination for President of the United States. Read it here.
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 ...
PHOTO: Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris applauds on Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on Aug. 22, 2024 in Chicago.
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]
F ormer Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton spoke on the first night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, rallying support for Vice President Kamala Harris to break the ...