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

By Celine Isabelle Samson

Jul 22, 2024

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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Year 2 of Marcos’ drug war: More killings than in Year 1

By Larah Vinda del Mundo and Vincent Halog

Jul 21, 2024

18-minute read

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

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Gov’t slammed for ignoring IP rights amid push for green energy, infra projects

By Janna Grace Millenas

Jul 20, 2024

4-minute read

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.

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SONA 2023 PROMISE TRACKER

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.”

By VERA Files

Jul 20, 2024

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Marcos brags ‘improving’ state of the nation, avoids ICC, human rights concerns

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.

By Nica Rhiana Hanopol

Jul 24, 2023

9-minute read

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SONA 2022 Promise Tracker

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.

By VERA Files

Jul 17, 2023

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

Year 2 of Marcos’ drug war: More killings than in Year 1

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