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1
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How many years of Aquino’s SONA

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6th

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Protesters at Times Square

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Southern Tagalog Remove Aquino Movement

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SONA

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State of the Nation Address

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Contents of SONA

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President’s Accomplishment
Success of maintaining GDP
Declare President in May 2016 elections (Mar Roxas Grace Poe)

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Party of Aquino

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Liberal party

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Time of delivery

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4 pm

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PDAF

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Priority Development Assistance Fund

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DAP

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Disbursement Acceleration Program

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Issues

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DAF/PDAF
Bangsamoro agreement
MRT operations
Rice production
New car plates
Aid typhoon
Tuition fees
South China Seq
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US

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State of the Union

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Great British

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Speech from the Throne

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SOPA

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State of the Province Address

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SOCA

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State of the City Address

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SOMA

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State of the Municipality Address

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The day after the SONA, the political opposition in the Congress as represented by the Minority Floor Leaders, delivers what has come to be known

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Contra SONA

True State of the Nation

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16
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2016 Budget

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3 Trillion

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17
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GDP

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168 B- 272 B Dollars in 2014 6.2%

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Date of SONA

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Monday, July 27

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Place of Delivery

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Session Hall of the House of Representatives, Batasang Pambansa Complex, Quezon City

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Vice President

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Jejomar Binay

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Former Presidents

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Fidel Valdez Ramos and Joseph Ejercito Estrada

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Senate President

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Franklin Drilon and members of the Senate

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Speaker

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Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. and members of the House of Representatives

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Chief Justice

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Maria Lourdes Sereno and our Justices of the Supreme Court

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Other people present

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Distinguished members of the diplomatic corps
Members of the Cabinet
Local government officials
Members of the military, police, and other uniformed services
my fellow public servants;
and, to my Bosses, my beloved countrymen

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26
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Stop the culture of

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Wang-Wang

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Just last Friday, we inaugurated the ______. Now, companies are the ones seemingly courting the government—for MCX in particular, we were paid a premium of ___ just so that our private partner could have the privilege of building the infrastructure we need. In fact, they are so confident that this project will earn them a profit, that they said the first month of toll operations at MCX is free.

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Muntinlupa-Cavite Expressway

P925 million

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This is the first that we approved, and the first such PPP project opened to the public under our administration

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Muntinlupa-Cavite Expressway

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PPP

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Public-Private Partnership

30
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As the 2004 elections approached, more than ___ were allegedly used to buy fertilizer that was not suitable for crops; the endeavor was costly; and in many instances, the farmers who should have received the farming supplements never saw it. We ask: Who was nourished by such fertilizers? Definitely neither the farmers nor their crops. Perhaps you also remember the ___ scandal.

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700 million pesos

NBN-ZTE (National Broadband Network)

31
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ENSURING OBSERVANCE OF THE PRINCIPLE OF SEPARATION OF POWERS, ADHERENCE TO THE RULE ON EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE AND RESPECT FOR THE RIGHTS OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS APPEARING IN LEGISLATIVE INQUIRIES IN AID OF LEGISLATION UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

WHEREAS, the Constitution guarantees the separation of powers of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of the government;

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Executive number 464, 2005

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The declaration of a State of Emergency, in order to do away with the checks and balances for Martial Law as enshrined in the

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1987 Constitution.

33
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It was used against protesters.

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There were midnight appointments. The policy known as Calibrated Preemptive Response, which

34
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GOCC

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Government Owned and Controlled Corporations

35
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BIR

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Congressman Kim Henares

36
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biggest revenue-generating agency of the government.

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BIR

37
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New Ombudsman:

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Conchita Carpio-Morales.

38
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The new Chief Justice:

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Ma. Lourdes Sereno

39
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Chairperson in the COA.

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Grace Pulido-Tan Commission on Audit

40
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George Santayana said:

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Those who forget the mistakes of the past are condemned to repeat it.

41
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In 2012, the BIR collected___—the first time in our history we have breached the 1 trillion mark for collections. [Applause] Last year, the number went up to _; this 2015, we will collect up to ___. [Applause]

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P1.06 trillion
P1.3 trillion
P1.5 trillion

42
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___ cases have already been filed against those who attempted to evade taxes.

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380

43
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2007, for example, it was almost April when the (GAA) was approved

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General Appropriations Act

44
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Philippines is now called:

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Asia’s Rising Tiger,” “Asia’s Rising Star,” and “Asia’s Bright Spot.”

45
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FDI

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Foreign Direct Investment

46
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DOLE

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Secretary Linda Baldoz

47
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One of their mechanisms:

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mechanisms: the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program.

48
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CCT

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Conditional Cash Transfer Program

49
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____ was started in 1913, identifies the boundaries of the land covered by each city, municipality, and province in the Philippines

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The Cadastral Survey

50
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ICAO

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International Civil Aviation Organization

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EMSA

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European Maritime Safety Agency

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DOTC

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Department of Transportations and Communications

Sec. Jun Abaya

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Our drive to improve our police force’s equipment is complemented by our “work smarter” strategy. This has been brought to life by ___, whose pilot program was implemented in Metro Manila.

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Oplan Lambat-Sibat

54
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Act Allowing the Full Entry of Foreign Banks

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Philippine Competition Law

RA 10667

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AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A NATIONAL COMPETITION POLICY PROHIBITING ANTI-COMPETITIVE AGREEMENTS, ABUSE OF DOMINANT POSITION AND ANTI-COMPETITIVE MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS, ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE COMPETITION COMMISSION AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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Philippine Competition Law

RA 10667

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AN ACT ALLOWING FOREIGN VESSELS TO TRANSPORT AND CO-LOAD FOREIGN CARGOES FOR DOMESTIC TRANSSHIPMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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Cabotage Law

RA 10668

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THE FIVE-POINT POSITION ON RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD OF PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III:

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I am against abortion.
I am in favor of giving couples the right to choose how best to manage their families so that in the end, their welfare and that of their children are best served.
The State must respect each individual’s right to follow his or her conscience and religious convictions on matters and issues pertaining to the unity of the family and the sacredness of human life from conception to natural death.
In a situation where couples, especially the poor and disadvantaged ones, are in no position to make an informed judgment, the State has the responsibility to so provide.
In the range of options and information provided to couples, natural family planning and modern methods shall be presented as equally available.

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Once enacted into law, this will correct the many loopholes in the provisions of our incentives and will rationalize taxation for our businesses.

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Rationalization of Fiscal Incentives

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So that we can finally set up a sustainable and just pension system for our uniformed services. I cannot stress just how important the passage of this law is: at present, we already need trillions of pesos to fund the pensions of our servicemen. We need the authorization from Congress to address this very complicated situation.

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Unified Uniformed Personnel Pension Reform Bill

60
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BBL

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Bangsamoro Basic Law

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“An act providing for the basic law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, repealing for the purpose Republic Act No. 9054, entitled ‘An act to strengthen and Expand the organic act for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’, and Republic Act No. 6734, entitled ‘An act providing for an organic act for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.’”

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The draft Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), now House Bill No. 5811, was submitted to by the Ad Hoc Committee on May 27, 2015.

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FOI

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Freedom of Information Bill

63
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GAA

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General Appropriations Act

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Name of President

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President Benigno “Noynoy” Cojuangco III

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Dang Hari

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South Luzon Expressway

66
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Majority Floor Leader

A

Franklin Drilon

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Minority Floor Leader

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Sonny Belmonte

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Every year, around __ new entrants join our labor force. It is reasonable to say that a good number of the estimated __ Filipinos represented by that decrease came home and were able to find work. [Applause] Despite the fact that there are new entrants, returnees, and previously unemployed Filipinos, our unemployment rate still dropped to __ percent last year. This is the lowest recorded in a decade. Only 15 strikes. One in 2013 DOLE

A

80,000
400,000
6.8

69
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2010-2017: __ M Students

Tomorrow, we will submit the budget for 2016; included in it are funds for an additional __ million textbooks, __ million school seats, __ classrooms, and __ new teaching positions. Everyone can see: We will not leave further sources of headaches for those who will succeed us. [Applause]

A

4.7 M
103.2 M
4.4 M
43,000
60,000

70
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When we came into office, only __ million Filipinos were beneficiaries of PhilHealth. We have almost doubled this number: Just this past June, PhilHealth has __ beneficiaries

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47 M

89.4 M

71
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Should these graduates choose to go into tech-voc, the programs we enhanced are already waiting for them. __ have already graduated from the different courses of the Technical Vocational Education and Training overseen by TESDA. Under the Training for Work Scholarship Program alone, the number of graduates have already reached __. Perhaps you are wondering: What is their situation today? According to studies, __ percent of graduates were able to find employment right away, compared to the 28.5 percent recorded before. There are even some industries breaking records. For example: the employment rate for the entire semiconductors and electronics industry has already reached __ percent—just a little more, and we’ll be at 100 percent. [Applause]

A

7.8 million
821,962
71.9%
91.26%

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