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President Marcos SONA 2023 Advance Copy of Transcript

President Marcos is set to deliver his second SONA at the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City. According to Philstar, classes at all levels in Quezon City will be suspended on Monday, July 24, for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s State of the Nation Address (SONA). Will President Marcos mention the possible accomplishment of having our OFW Saudi Claimants paid by the Saudi Government which according to DMW Secretary Susan Ople is already on the Final Stages? Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople earlier expressed her gratitude to the Saudi government for the substantial and decisive headway in the talks between the Philippine government and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the claims of unpaid wages and other benefits due to around 10,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who lost their jobs after several Arab construction companies declared bankruptcy in 2016. “We thank most of all Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman for his compassionate and generous leadership that affirms his sin...

Read: President Bong Bong Marcos SONA 2023 Full Transcript

President Bong Bong Marcos Jr. SONA 2023 Full Transcript is available here after his actual speech. We will post the Full Transcript on this page including the salient points from the full text. I'm expecting that President Marcos will focus his speech on Agriculture and Foreign Investments. Marcos's first formal role in a political office came with his election as Vice Governor of Ilocos Norte (1980–1983) at the age of 23. On March 23, 1983, he was installed as the Governor of Ilocos Norte, replacing his aunt, who had resigned from the post due to health reasons.In 1983, he led a group of young Filipino leaders on a 10-day diplomatic mission to China to mark the tenth anniversary of Philippine-Chinese relations. He stayed in office until the People Power Revolution in 1986. During Marcos's term, at least two extrajudicial killings took place in Ilocos Norte, as documented by the Martial Law Victims Association of Ilocos Norte (MLVAIN). Meanwhile here's President Bong B...

PiliPinas Debates 2016 Live Streaming Online and Replay

Watch PiliPinas Debates 2016 Live Streaming Online. This will be the best platform for those 5 presidentiables before I choose my next president!. Congrats GMA for this. The highly anticipated first leg of PiliPinas Debates 2016 happens today, February 21, 2016 at the Capitol University in Cagayan de Oro City. GMA News and Public Affairs brings the first ever 360-degree livestream of a live event in the country. GMA News, will surely upload a replay of the Deabte and will be embedded on this site accordingly.

Anthony Taberna ( Ka Tunying) Coffee Shop Shooting Incident (Video)

Watch Anthony Taberna ( Ka Tunying) Coffee Shop Shooting Incident (Video). According to GMA News, the 18-second video showed the two men immediately hopping into two motorcycles waiting in front of the coffee shop. The drivers of the motorcycles were wearing helmets. The faces of the gunmen could not be seen in the black and white video. GMA News' Dante Perello earlier reported on "Unang Balita" that the coffee shop was closed when the shooting happened at around 2 a.m. JUST IN: Kuha ng CCTV sa pamamaril sa coffee shop ni Anthony Taberna sa Visayas Avenue, QC. pic.twitter.com/gRcc040dRC | via @allangatus — DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) August 28, 2015 CCTV footage of Anthony Taberna's coffee shop shooting http://t.co/PoD0EMbhnI — James Greid (@jamesgreid) August 28, 2015 That's both attempted homicide and yet also an honor to a brave man. Anthony is the best out there. http://t.co/wQ1UvYYU97 via @ABSCBNNews — Teddy Locsin Jr. (@teddyboylocsin) August 28, 2015 That...

Sec. Mar Roxas endorsed by President Aquino for 2016 Presidential Election

President Aquino's speech endorsing Mar Roxas' presidential bid. Talumpati ng Kagalang-galang Benigno S. Aquino III Pangulo ng Pilipinas sa pagtitipon sa Kalayaan Hall, Club Filipino [Inihayag sa Kalayaan Hall, Club Filipino, Lungsod San Juan, noong ika-31 ng Hulyo 2015] Napaka-energized n’yo, ‘no? [Tawanan at palakpakan] Kanina ho binabanggit ko kay Mar ‘yung ating choir. ‘Yung mga bata kung nakita ninyo, ang dating, very professional. At saka ‘yung kantang pinili, lalo na sa prayer, medyo malapit ho sa puso ko ‘yan, tulad ng pagiging bukas-palad. Kinakanta ko ho iyan kapag pikon na pikon na ako kung sinoman ang kausap ko. Talaga hong nakakakalma. [Tawanan] Siyempre, nadagdagan pa nitong atmosphere natin. Ang ganda, nakikita nating marami sa inyo ang tagal ko nang di nakikita, o bihira nating nakikita. Siyempre, ‘yung mga bata katulad ni Karina David; [tawanan] mga mas bata katulad ni Pidi Barzaga, nandiyan sa gilid; [tawanan] at ‘yung mga tulad na bata tulad ni Anton; at tala...

Watch "Imbestigador: Bantay Kaban ng Bayan' on September 15

GMA News and Public Affairs’ Bantay Kaban ng Bayan uncovers more this Sunday on Imbestigador right after Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho. Millions upon millions of pesos stacked on top of a bed or tucked away in money bags inside a bath tub. This is how Benhur Luy, whistleblower in the alleged 10B-peso pork barrel scam, described the cash flow that allegedly went to Janet Lim-Napoles, accused of masterminding the controversial scam. Using connections in government, Napoles and her group allegedly gained billions from the Priority Development Assistance Fund or PDAF, more commonly known as “pork barrel”, through an elaborate ‘kickback’ scheme. In GMA News and Public Affairs’ special report this Sunday hosted by veteran journalist Mike Enriquez, Bantay Kaban ng Bayan traces the anatomy of the scam. The Bantay Kaban Team goes on-ground - from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao - to physically inspect projects that were funded by the pork barrel and questioned by the Commission on Audit. ...

Statement of President Aquino on the abolition of PDAF in English Translation- Full Transcript

Departing from his earlier statements, President Aquino on Friday said it is time to abolish the priority development assistance fund . Aquino made the announcement three days before a scheduled mass gathering at the Luneta Park to condemn the corruption involving the pork barrel funds. Here's Statement of President Aquino on the abolition of PDAF in English Translation- Full Transcript . Statement of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III President of the Philippines On the abolition of the Priority Development Assistance fund (PDAF) and budgetary reforms [This is an English translation of the speech delivered at Kalayaan Hall, Malacañan Palace, on August 23, 2013] In 1990, what we now know as PDAF was established for a worthy goal: to enable your representatives to identify projects for your communities that your LGU cannot afford. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with this policy. But what is wrong—indeed, what has outraged our people—was the collusion among a former president...