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SONA Promise Tracker

VERA Files tracks the promises President Marcos Jr. made during his State of the Nation Addresses.

2023

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SONA 2023 Scorecard

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Ban POGOs, WPS is ours, says Marcos in 2024 SONA

By Celine Isabelle Samson

Jul 22, 2024

13-minute read

An immediate ban on POGOs, underscoring of a bloodless fight against illegal drugs, and a reaffirmation of a commitment to defend territories in the West Philippine Sea are key pronouncements that earned President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. three standing ovations during his third SONA on Monday, July 22.

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SONA 2023 PROMISE TRACKER

By VERA Files

Jul 20, 2024

4-minute read

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. launched his administration’s Bagong Pilipinas battlecry in last year’s SONA, as he declared that “the state of the nation is sound, and is improving.”

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Top Promises

File charges against smugglers and hoarders of agricultural products and pass the amendment to the Anti-Smuggling Act

Status: In progress

File charges against smugglers and hoarders of agricultural products and pass the amendment to the Anti-Smuggling Act

Status: In progress

“Pandaraya ang kanilang ginagawa. Napapahamak hindi lamang ang mga magsasaka, kundi tayo na ring mga mamimili. Kaya hindi natin papayagan ang ganitong kalakaran. Bilang na ang mga araw ng mga smugglers at hoarders na ‘yan.” (SONA 2023)

This is a repeat from 2022

(SONA 2023)

Update: 07/12/2024

The House of Representatives unanimously approved on final reading the proposed Agri-Fishery Commodities and Tobacco Economic Sabotage Act of 2023 in September 2023.
Under the bill, smuggling rice and other agricultural products is considered “economic sabotage,” punishable by life imprisonment.
In December 2023, the Senate approved on final reading a similar bill, repealing the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act of 2016.
In February 2024, the DA formed a technical working group to aid Congress in amending the law and prepare its position and inputs on the proposed bills.

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Agriculture Armed Forces Corruption and Good Governance Drugs and Crime Economy Education Energy and Environment Foreign Relations Infrastructure Labor Peace Process Social Services

File charges against smugglers and hoarders of agricultural products and pass the amendment to the Anti-Smuggling Act

In progress

1 Update/s

Revise the Fisheries Code

In progress

1 Update/s

Amend the Cooperative Code

In progress

1 Update/s

Find ways, such as reviving Kadiwa Centers, to bring down food prices

In progress

1 Update/s

Create a national network of farm-to-market roads (FMRs)

In progress

1 Update/s

Pass National Land Use Act

Stalled

1 Update/s

Agriculture Armed Forces Corruption and Good Governance Drugs and Crime Economy Education Energy and Environment Foreign Relations Infrastructure Labor Peace Process Social Services

Pass the Internet Transaction Act or E-Commerce Law

Fulfilled

1 Update/s

Digitize government warehouses and archives and harmonize data inventories across departments and agencies

Stalled

2 Update/s

Pass the E-Governance Act

In progress

1 Update/s

Pass the National Government Rightsizing Program (NGRP) Act

Stalled

1 Update/s

Issue 92 million national IDs by the middle of [2023].

Failed

1 Update/s

Agriculture Armed Forces Corruption and Good Governance Drugs and Crime Economy Education Energy and Environment Foreign Relations Infrastructure Labor Peace Process Social Services

Embark on more foreign trips for more foreign investments

Failed

1 Update/s

Stand firm for independent foreign policy, with national interest as primordial guide

In progress

1 Update/s

Agriculture Armed Forces Corruption and Good Governance Drugs and Crime Economy Education Energy and Environment Foreign Relations Infrastructure Labor Peace Process Social Services