President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is ready to ship his State of the Nation Deal with (SONA) on Monday, July 28, 4 pm, on the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon Metropolis.
This SONA, Marcos’ fourth in his six-year time period, comes on the heels of the Supreme Courtroom choice barring the impeachment proceedings towards the President’s ally-turned-nemesis, Vice President Sara Duterte.
It additionally follows the Might 2025 midterm elections, seen as a proxy struggle between the feuding Marcos and Duterte households, the place the President’s anointed senatorial candidates misplaced massive.
Elements of the nation are nonetheless reeling from large floods and landslides triggered by current tropical cyclones and the southwest monsoon as effectively, therefore the decision for a “toned-down” SONA occasion, with out the same old “present of pageantry,” as nineteenth Congress Speaker Martin Romualdez places it.
How will Marcos set the tone for the second half of his presidency? Which achievements will he tout? What plans and priorities will he current to the Filipino folks? Bookmark and refresh this web page for updates, analyses, reality checks, and movies as Marcos delivers his fourth SONA.
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