Difference Between Sona 2012 and 2013

The State of the Nation Address is delivered by the president every fourth Monday of July. And last July 21, 2013, President Benigno Aquino III delivered his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA 2013) which was attended by lots of personalities especially our political leaders, senators, house representatives, cabinet members, the Chief Justice, media people and many more. It usually starts by 4 PM and it indeed started that time and took almost two hours for ourAquino talked about various national issues. In his SONA 2013, he highlighted 25 key issues which includes the Expansion of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), Strengthening of the agricultural sector, Appeal to fishers, Distribution of Hacienda Luisita land, Extension of PhilHealth coverage, Protecting Filipinos from natural calamities, Solving the problem of floods, Housing for cops and soldiers, Amendment of SSS Pension Scheme, Strengthening the police force, Probe into Ozamiz Gang killing, Mindanao peace process, More caution in government contracts, Removal of informal settlers from high-risk areas, Sin Tax Reform and Responsible Parenthood laws, Proposed 2014 National Budget, Possible MRT/LRT fare hike, Improved irrigation system for farmers, Public-Private Partnership projects, Brownouts in Mindanao, Renovation of NAIA 3, Solving Metro Manila's traffic, 'Best Tourism Destination of 2012', Dividends from GOCCs, and Resurgence of PHL economy. president to finish his speech. It has been three years since majority of Filipino voters elected the son of the so-called “heroes” into the highest office in the land and once again, he faced everyone to tackle and address the issues of the country during his leadership. The main issues mentioned above where obviously those he thought were good accomplishments. In fact, the statistics he presented on almost all of those really increased and was impressive which he was proud to say that his administration had done something good for the country and