Kelan ang SONA – Yours truly is wondering as to how come there is still not an announcement on the date of the SONA or state of the nation address. Why do you think there still is no schedule? Could it have something to do with the president’s health? As you all know, the SONA is a major pre-scheduled event that simply cannot be re-scheduled. However, if I were the president I will, this time, hold the SONA in Mindanao, perhaps in Davao or better yet in Marawi for a stronger impact. Just imagine a SONA wherein you can hear in the background the sound of guns and bombs, what a SONA!!!
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Mga pangako ni PDigong natupad ba? – For now let me just share with you an opinion taken from the Magdalo FB by a certain Deodato A. Malaya, and you decide if what he has written makes sense or not. As far as I am concerned most certainly No. 11 of the list below was indeed delivered as promised :
Changes in Duterte’s 1st year:
1. Traffic has worsened.
2. MRTs more frequent breakdowns.
3. SSS lost 67% of revenue due to the P1k pension to retirees.
4. Pivot to China and disregarding the UN Arbirtal decision on the WPS.
5. First President of the Phil to be accused in the ICC.
6. First president to invite a terrorist group to attack a city and paid dearly for it at the expense of our Muslim Filipinos.
7. Unparalleled rise in prices of commodities.
8. Weakened the peso to P50.22 a dollar.
9. Slowed down GDP to 6.4% from the previous 7%.
10. Inflation went up to 3.4% from 1%.
11. Depopulated the Phil by 12,000 suspected drug users.
12. Hired propagandists to flood social media with fake news to fool the people and deprive them of the truth.
13. Freed an obvious murderer (Marvin Marcos-Espinosa killer) to fulfill a promise.
14. Jailed Delima based on trumped-up charges based on fake evidence and testimonies of convicted felons.
15. Record breaking travel junkets abroad and returned with an avalanche of promises and pledges (but where’s the beef?)
16. Delivering a record number of speeches with just 1 recurring topic-drugs.
17. Record breaking intelligence fund of P2.5billion only to find itself unable to telegraph the impending Maute attack due to failure of intelligence.
18. Declined aid of European Union but negotiated a high interest loan from China.
19. Accepted donation from a Chinese businessman worth P1.5billion without knowing that the donor is being accused of bribery in China.
So in fairness to him, there were really changes as promised.