Thank you, Speaker Nograles….Senate President Enrile…Senators…Representatives…Vice President de Castro…President Ramos…Chief Justice Puno…Ambassadors…friends:The past twelve months have been a year for the history books. Financial meltdown in the West spread throughout the world….
Tens of millions lost their jobs; billions across the globe have been hurt—the poor always harder than the rich. No one was [...]
State of the Nation Address of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Talumpati ni Punong Mahistrado Reynato S. Puno
Isang mainit na pagbati sa ating lahat.
Ngayon ay ipinagdiriwang natin ang ika-isandaan at labin-isang taon ng ating kalayaan. Ika-labindalawa ng Hunyo, isang libo walong daan at siyam napu’t walo, sa bayan ng Kawit, Cavite, unang itinaas at namayagpag ang bandilang Pilipino. Hindi naging madali ang ating naging landas patungo sa kalayaan. Kaya sa pagkakataon [...]
SONA ng Mamamayan
Talumpati ni Dr. Carol P. Araullo
Tagapangulo, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan
Magandang tanghali sa lahat ng dumalo sa pagtitipon natin dito sa lansangan para ihayag ang tunay na kalagayan ng bayan, makiisa at magprotesta dito sa tinatawag nating SONA ng Mamamayan. Mabuhay kayo!
Sapagkat alam nating pawang kasinungalingan ang manggagaling kay Gng. Arroyo sa kanyang bibigkasing SONA sa Konggreso, [...]
SONA: 2nd Regular Session of the 14th Congress
State of the Nation Address of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
2nd Regular Session of the 14th Congress
Republic of the Philippines
28 July 2008
Thank you, Speaker Nograles. Senate President Villar. Senators and Representatives. Vice President de Castro, President Ramos, Chief Justice Puno, members of the diplomatic corps, ladies and gentlemen:
I address you today at a crucial moment in world [...]
Media and Democratic Development
By Melinda Quintos de Jesus
Executive Director
Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility
Keynote Speaker
Session 4
“Transformation in New Democracies” Conference organized by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, January 25, 2007
Introduction
I would like to begin by asking you to place yourself in a moment of Philippine history, in the unfolding of events that many Filipinos still cherish in their [...]
