Words vs results: Marcos’ 3rd Sona a year later

Ahead of SONA 2025, advocates question Marcos’ human rights track record

While the international community may have seen a shift in tone under Marcos Jr. compared to Duterte, some human rights defenders in the Philippines say they are seeing little to no real change halfway through Marcos Jr.’s term

PRE-SONA: P20/kilo rice, farm to market roads remain work in progress

In his 2024 State of the Nation Address, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. highlighted the hardships confronting the Filipinos due to the rising prices of food.

Words vs results: Marcos’ 3rd Sona a year later

MANILA, Philippines — Every president’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) carries a theme and storyline that marks it—it was “the Filipino is worth fighting for” for the late President Benigno Aquino III. For former President Rodrigo Duterte, it was the controversial human lives over human rights in 2018. For President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the climax of his third Sona in 2024 was his announcement to ban all Philippine offshore gaming operators…