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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.

Drug-related deaths in the second year of Marcos Jr.’s administration have exceeded those documented by the Dahas Project in the previous year.

Environmentalists are demanding that the administration of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. stop ignoring the rights of Indigenous People’s as it pursues infrastructure projects on ancestral lands.

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.”

Declaring that the current state of the nation is “sound and improving,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. put forward his favorite topics on economic growth, infrastructure, agriculture, health and climate change, as he did so in his previous State of the Nation Address.

In his inaugural State of the Nation Address (SONA) a year ago, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ended his speech with a declaration that “the state of the nation is sound,” even as the country was still grappling with the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic.