LISTEN once more to Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo deliver her state of the nation address before Congress, this time with images taken by the PCIJ of the events in and outside the Batasang Pambansa last Monday, July 28. [kml_flashembed...

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's promises mean nothing in the streets, where the people are out for blood. Over a hundred politicians cheered and clapped inside the Batasang Pambansa during Arroyo's eight state of the nation address (SONA) last...

AT the Batasang Pambansa yesterday, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivered the official state of the nation address (SONA). Outside on Commonwealth Avenue, about 7,000 citizens gathered for the unofficial, if possibly more candid, version they call...

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo today exuded confidence in announcing in her state of the nation address that she has addressed the incidence of hunger, even noting how “unfriendly polls” have registered low self-rated poverty figures. Arroyo,...

NUMBERS are by nature neutral, but comparing or picking different sets across different periods of time is sure to yield vastly different results.  Numbers, in this instance, could confuse. The lesson is not lost on the Presidential Management Staff...

"A MIRROR of denials,” was how a sociologist described the eighth State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo today. In her hour-long speech, Arroyo made no mention of her accomplishments in the basic education sector, ...

THE ritual repeats itself yet again today for the President and the press. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, for the eighth time in her presidency's life, will deliver her state of the nation address before senators and members of the House of Representatives...