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True State Of The Nation: How Fares Juan De La Cruz?
Manila Bulletin
|July 26, 2021
President Rodrigo Duterte steps up today to the Batasang Pambansa podium to deliver his final State of the Nation Address (SONA) while the country is still struggling with the throes of a deadly coronavirus pandemic.
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While this happens a full 11 months before the end of his term and nine months before the holding of the next presidential elections, the political season shifts to high gear barely two months hence as the Commission on Elections’ period for the filing of certificates of candidacy takes place from October 1-8 — even if the official campaign period begins only in February next year.
He is expected to sum up the significant achievements of his administration. Unlike his predecessors, he has had to deal with the harsh impact of a global pandemic of unprecedented proportions.
This story is from the July 26, 2021 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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