SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: INFRASTRUCTURE
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. considers the “Build Better More” program as the “pinnacle” of his vision for an “equitable, prosperous and resilient” Philippines.
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SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: CORRUPTION AND GOOD GOVERNANCE
The Department of Information and Communications Technology just finished building infrastructure to improve broadband capacity in Luzon. Bills to rightsize the national government, promote e-governance, and regulate e-commerce activities are still pending in the Senate.
SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: SOCIAL SERVICES
Marcos continues to improve the government’s social protection programs for Filipinos heavily affected by poverty, calamities and disasters. His proposed pieces of legislation on health response have not been enacted into law.
SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: ARMED FORCES
First on Marcos' agenda for armed forces is the revamping of the current pension system for military and uniformed personnel. The administration is also fast-tracking measures that seek to make the ROTC and NSTP mandatory for tertiary education.
SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s promise to boost local energy sources is anchored on private capital, so the government is courting investors to beef up the country’s natural gas and renewable energy industries amid a looming energy crisis.
SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: FOREIGN RELATIONS
Marcos admitted that the Philippines is walking a “very fine line” in balancing foreign relations. He said the Philippines must refrain from embracing the “cold war mentality” without having to choose between global powers such as the United States, Russia and China.
SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: EDUCATION
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. breezed through the education sector, identifying only five general changes he wanted to implement for learners and teachers in the country. This is a task Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio took on as Education secretary.
SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: ECONOMY
One year into office, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is yet to deliver “substantial” progress on his promises to improve the Philippine economic situation. But the administration’s economic managers stay optimistic that the country “remains firmly on track” toward post-pandemic recovery.
SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: LABOR
Out of the four labor-related promises Marcos mentioned in his maiden SONA, none tackled the pressing issues that Filipino workers face today.
SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: AGRICULTURE
Of the six promises Marcos made on agriculture, three were fulfilled. His administration succeeded in providing loans to the agriculture sector for farm inputs, imposing a one-year moratorium on payment of land amortization and interest and the signing into law of the new Agrarian Emancipation Act.
