Analysis on 4th Sona of PNOY

Analysis to President Benigno III’s 4th SONA Half way through his administraton, President Benigno S. Aquino III delivered his 4th State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday, July 22, 2013. In frot of many Congressionla Representatives and Senators of the Republic at their joint session in Batasan Complex, President Benigno reports the gains of his government in his three yeas in service and policies that needed to be addressed in the next half of his presidency. First, Aquino still advocates his “Tuwid na Daan,” and he said “My bosses, let us remember, where did we begin? If you have doubts now, compare them to the doubts we all carried in 2010.” He thanked the public for their role in making change possible through different ways. He believes that with those great leaders in the congress our country will continue achieving grate works. He discussed about the improvement of education, health, agriculture, employment, security, risk reduction and management and give points to different issues in his administration.
He mention in Education the reform in education system (K-12) and the lower price of textbooks that brought billions of savings for DepEd which can be used in rehabilitation and constructions of school buildings. There is also an increase in the number of TESDA graduate that 6 in 10 Tesda graduates are now working and 60 % of 503,521 graduates are employed in different institutions.
He also tackled the 4P’s (Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program), one of his great projects, which has 700,000 household beneficiaries. This program has helped more students to finish their studies, expanding the conditional cash transfer to the children up to 18 years old.
Another concern is the Health; increase in PHILHEALTH enrollees has been achieved from 62% to 81%, excluding the informal sector and the indigenous people. More diseases covered by PHILHEALTH benefits now, including breast and prostate cancer even acute leukaemia and coronary bypass. Government