The upcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA) will highlight the achievements of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s administration and the status of the government’s projects and programs at the opening of the Joint Congress on July 27.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita cited the BEAT THE ODDS program of the government which the president will tackle.
BEAT THE ODDS is an acronym for the government’s priority project which stands for: Balance budget, Education for all, Automated elections, Transportation and digital infrastructure, Terminate hostilities with the MILF and NPA, Heal the wounds of EDSA’s I, II and III, Electricity and water for all, Opportunities for livelihood and ten million jobs, Decongestion of Metro Manila, and Develop Subic and Clark.
Ermita reiterated that this is President Arroyo’s last SONA and she wants to inform the Filipino people on the accomplishments of her administration and the status of the projects and programs that she initiated for the welfare of the citizens. (PIA)
