SONA - 8th and 9th

Tumagal din ng 58 minutos ang SONA ni PGMA. Nagsimula ng simpleng Thank You, (16:04) at nagtapos sa Mabuhay (17:02).

Grabe ang galing talaga ng mga Audience niya, basta mag-pause lang si GMA, naku, palakpakan kagad ang mga ganid sa kapangyarihan at pera. Kahit halatang "late expression" na.

Natapos na rin sa wakas ang kahuli-hulihang pambobola sa taong bayan, ayon at ayon parin ang kanyang sinabi. Nag-imbita siya ng mga piling personalidad na magpapatunay ng kanyang kabutihan (nga ba?).

Walang pagkakaiba, hindi man lang niya sinabi kung ano ang plano niya after her term. Well, kung anu man nga pala ang sasabihan niya, paniniwalaan paba naman siya ng taong bayan? Hindi dati na siyang nagsalita na hindi tatakbo sa 2004 presidential election, hayun, hindi natupad at may kaakibat pang "Hello Garci" scandal.

Sabi niya sa kahuhulihulihang SONA niya, "While the rest of the world was on a rapid, sustained growth, the Philippine economy benefited through galloping overseas remittances, stronger exports, and higher foreign direct investments." OO nga naman, kaya pala pati utang ng Pilipinas, nadagdagan na din. Mula 2Trillion nung maupo siya, ngayon, tumataginting na 5trillion lang naman.

Marahil ang nakikita ko ay kanyang mga kamalian, pero masasabi ba naman natin na gumawa siya ng mabuti para sa bayan? May kasabihan tayo, "Ang isang pagkakamali ay hindi kayang ituwid ng isa pang pagkakamali" Umamin na siya sa kanyang kasalanan pero bakit ipinagpatuloy pa niya? Ano bang meron sa pagiging Presidente ng Pilipinas? Pera, Yabang o Kapangyarihan?

Teka lang naalala niyo paba ang huling SONA niya?

EDITORIAL (ACCESSNEWSBYTE Aug, 2008 issue)

SONA: State of Obvious Nightmare Again

Our beloved President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo delivered her 8^th State-of-the-Nation Address last July 28, 2008 before the joint session of the Congress. In addition, of course, we heard again a 57-minute speech of a suspicious leader. Her speech was applauded 104 times by a full-packed House of Representatives at the plenary hall.

Is it important to know her accomplishments as a leader of our country? YES of course. Yearly, she always reports to the nation the good things she has done and always makes promises, people keep on hoping she will fulfill.

In her speech, Mrs. Arroyo mentioned eight priority measures appealing to the Congress for their approval by December. What a bill! Actually, in the peoples mind she is the Mother of Corruption. The issue of NBN-ZTE scandal is still in the hearts of the Filipinos, as well as the “Hello Garci” conversation from the 2004 Presidential Election. But, people are intelligent, aware and vigilant.

Going back to her SONA, Mrs. Arroyo said she could not remove the VAT from oil, electricity and foods. It is bad for us students who are suffering from all these. We are only dependents and our poor parents are already buried in debts inspite of non-stop working day and night.

Mrs. Arroyo ever used the text cost to mislead the people on the real issues. All just for a “show”.

We, the youth, are all hungry for the truth and what we need is a “true and sincere State-of-the-Nation Address” done by a “true President” to alleviate poverty and to improve the condition of the Filipinos. The July 28 State-of-the-Nation Address was nothing but a nightmare.