CHANTING slogans used in Edsa Dos and the administration that followed, leftist groups on Monday said things are the same more than a year into President Benigno Aquino III’s presidency. Groups under the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (New Patriotic Alliance, Bayan) held a rally on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City to hold a “State of the [...]

USUALLY associated with pomp and gallant speeches, the State of the Nation Address (Sona) has been practiced by former and current occupants of Malacañang for more than seven decades. President Benigno Aquino III, the 13th head of state to do so, addressed the 15th Congress as it embarked on its second regular session on Monday. [...]

AS EXPECTED, President Benigno Aquino III earned praises and flak from different personalities and even ordinary people themselves, thanks to social media. Even before the 4 p.m. State of the Nation Address (Sona), millions of Filipino users of micro-blogging site Twitter expressed their thoughts, making #sona2011 the second most trending topic in the Philippines at [...]

CEBU CITY — Business and government leaders in Cebu found Monday’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) “better than the one last year,” despite some omissions. President Benigno Aquino III again used the “wang-wang” as a motif for the mindset he wants his administration to correct, the “mindset of entitlement” shown by those who abuse [...]