Anti-Sona Protests in Manila, Provinces
Day: July 27, 2009
UP Diliman Survey on Arroyo Presidency
89% opposes a Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo presidency after 2010 88% says that the education sector did not improve under PGMA’s eight years 88% says that Arroyo should be charged with cases of corruption, electoral fraud and human rights violations 69% says that education is not accessible The Questions “Ikaw ba ay sang-ayon o hindi sang-ayon sa…
Sona Report Card
Alliance of Concerned Teachers Name: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Position: President of the Philippines
“Arroyo An Inveterate Liar, SONA Accomplishments No Value for the People”
Anakpawis Rep. Joel Maglunsod said he is not expecting President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to tell the truth in her last State of the Nation Address (SONA). “An inveterate liar like Mrs. Arroyo will not listen even to Archibishop Gaudencio Rosales. For the longest time, Arroyo lived and believed in a dreamland that is not the Philippines…
‘Enough of Lies, Just Bid Farewell’
Thousands of workers led by Kilusang Mayo Uno poured on the streets to dispel Gloria Arroyo’s myth on the state of the nation, and to insist on a categorical farewell from Arroyo amid attempts to convene a Constituent Assembly. “Arroyo’s long-overdue farewell, which is wished for by both her allies and critics, would be the…
Fil-Am Women Say No to Charter Change
New York, NY– In the Philippines, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivers the Philippine ‘s state of the nation address (SONA) on July 27th, 2009, her annual address will report an laudatory state of the country’s economic, political, and social state. In past years, her singular declaration has been met with the fervor of the thousands of…
Arroyo Told: Philippines Is Not Hogwarts
Describing President Macapagal-Arroyo’s ninth State of the Nation Address (Sona) as “another wizard’s potion concocted to fool the poor,” a militant lawmaker called on the President to instead lay down her exit plan and stop the push for term extension via Charter change. “Ms Arroyo’s Sona was filled with illusions and statistical magic, as if…
OFWs in NZ tell Arroyo, Congress: Get Busy With Pro-Poor Bills, Not Cha-cha
“OFWs in New Zealand and around the world would be happier if Arroyo and her allies in Congress would get busy pushing for pro-poor legislation that will benefit OFWs rather than the Charter Change maneuvers.” This was the message of Migrante Aotearoa New Zealand to Malacañang and Congress on the occasion of Arroyo’s Sona. In…
The US-Arroyo Regime Has Multiple Organ Failure And Is Not Fit to Rule
Statement of Health Alliance for Democracy on the State of the Nation Address (Sona) 2009 The signs and symptoms exhibited by the government of Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo over the last eight years are consistent with the moribund condition of multiple organ failure. Thus, the regime is no longer fit to rule. This is the diagnosis…
Special Coverage: 2009 State of the Nation Address
Sona-ta ng Linlangan
Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura Bulatlat.com Ang sonata ay isang musical form na matingkad ang harmonic at tematikong organisasyon: may simula, pag-unlad at sintesis. Doble ang katingkaran ng oranisasyon nito, kung isasama pa ang pagkumpas ng orkestra, o ang orkestrasyon (operasyonalisasyon) ng sonata. Kaya ang taunang State of the Nation Address (SONA), lalo…