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President Benigno Simeon PNoyAquino III delivered his fourth annual State of the Nation Address

in Batasang Pambansa Complex, Quezon City on July 22, 2013 with the theme, Sa Gitna ng Daang

Matuwid.The midterm SONA marked his third year in presidency and opened the 16th Congress in a joint

session of both houses. The annual address started at exactly 4:03 PM and ended at 5:46 PM. It

was the longest SONA he had given so far, earning 88 rounds of applause from Senators,

Congressmen, government officials, local and international media and other dignitaries and

important personalities in the country.

PNoys speech was very comprehensive, covering a lot of areas which include the accomplishments

of his administration in political and economic aspects, praises for public servants and government

departments who made outstanding services for the country, and also strongly-worded criticisms

against corrupt public servants and erring government agencies.

He also hailed the passage of RH Law, Sin Tax Law, AFP Modernization Act and the K-12 Law.The almost 2-hour speech also included a video testimonials of the exemplary public servants.He ended his speech with words, Iam Noynoy Aquino, and I proudly say to the world: I am a

Filipino. How wonderful it is to be a Filipino in these times.In my own humble opinion, President Aquino was successful in relaying the inclusive growth of his

administration and regaining the trust of the Filipino people in the presidency, and his SONA exuded

the confidence he has with his accomplishments. However, I felt that the speech was too long to

miss on some important issues like the passage of Freedom of Information bill, amendment or

repeal of Cybercrime Act, and especially the P10 Billion pork scam. True or not, he shouldve

mentioned the scam, for anti-corruption is his main thrust in the Daang Matuwid platform.Of course, we all know that the President cannot reform the country all by himself, and his theme of

beginningthe changeand enjoining the citizenry to work arm-in-arm with the government inachieving these goals is very laudable. We must supportPNoys programs so that we can fully feel

the trickling down of economic gains of his administration. And also, we must remain active in urging

him make true to his promise of curbing corruption that is consuming most of ourgovernments

coffers.

He also stated in his SONA that Philippines is now a rising tiger but how can he say that is is

Developing? By the peso value? For me Philippines is not yet developing. It is just starting to rise.

Yes, it is developing but too slow and not felt by the Filipino. Many Filipinos are still experiencing

hunger hunger so how can we say that we are developing?