Reading in Philippine History
SONA 2019
Content and Context Analysis
Rica Darell C. Espineda
MMA 1-1
Content
@https://www.rappler.com/nation/236120-
summary-duterte-sona-2019
High approval ratings - After the usual introductions of top
officials, among the first things President
Duterte does is highlight his popularity, by
saying only 3% of Filipinos disapprove of
him.
Drug crackdown The persistent problem of illegal drugs is
Duterte's first topic. He claims the 2017
Marawi siege began with a government raid
on shabu being kept by extremists there.
Context
Highlighting his popularity from
lowered disapproval of him seems
to be with the slightest of respect
of him at the court from the
sentence of he does not nag unlike
the past SONAs
Drug topic was always on track
since too many been involved in
this case, even the raid on shabu
led into terrorism and many was

Death penalty He asks Congress to bring back the death
penalty for heinous crimes related to drugs people but since it’s impossible,
and plunder.
Corruption Duterte condemns the PhilHealth ghost
kidney treatment scam, commends the
National Bureau of Investigation for the
arrest of high-profile criminals, and recalls hard for the life they are obligate
how he has fired "more than a hundred"
government officials. He cites revenue
collections by government corporations as
signs that anti-corruption reforms are
working.
Anti-red tape He tells the Land Transportation Office,
Social Security System, Bureau of Internal
Revenue, Land Registration Authority, and
Pag-IBIG to improve their services as data
from the complaint center under his office
show they were the subject of many
complaints. He wants processing of
permits to last only 3 days.
Rehabilitation of tourist brings up the temporary closure of Boracay
attractionsDuterte and the rehabilitation of Manila Bay. He
threatens to "burn down" establishments
that commit violations.
Telecommunications Duterte speaks about Dito
Telecommunity, the newly established
third telecommunications provider in the
Philippines. He challenges them to render
services to as many Filipinos as possible.
He also promises no corruption was
involved in Dito Telecommunity's entry
into the sector.
Bangsamoro Organic Law The President tells the Bangsamoro
government to fast-track the development
of the region and improves the quality of
life of Muslims and indigenous peoples.
Ending communist violence Duterte talks of his leadership of the
National Task Force to End Local
affected by it.
Many look forward for change of
death penalty has been brought up
so less implication of a problem,
but since we’re still a living and
got our life once many oppose to
this yet still we’ll still got our
rights beside us.
Scamming is not advisable
business since people still work to
earn it yet the thing they work
just been theft, so removing
illegal things make life way more
better to live freely.
It was shown that things get
improved, well it’s better to be
that because time is no joke it’s a
serious matter that every things
move by it and the more it
become early the more that things
got easy and things get more
possible.
taking some tourist spot on the
rest is advisable to do, even
though they are the place tourist
want to go on the mean time they
are here, still places need to clean
before a huge amount of pollution
happen to our own beach since
every visitor don’t dispose
garbage correctly.
Having communication and letting
people as much as possible to be
aware or been inform in every
situation, challenge is same of testing
but since it was tackled by authority
it was expected. Promising is not
sure unless they take the 1st moved to
go but since if it is really trusted then
it will really be help.
Having this government may be a
huge help for a fair living system
of every people living here at the
Philippines.
He assign cabinet member to each of
the region for more security, and
 Communist Armed Conflict and his
assigning Cabinet members to various
regions to oversee efforts to end communist
insurgency there.
Education Duterte commends Secretary Leonor
Briones and the Department of Education
for having over 27 million enrolled students
from kinder to senior high school.
Improvements in the national education
system are also seen in the Alternative
Learning System for out-of-school youth
and adult learners. He also supports the
creation of a National Academy for Sports.
Bong Go The President makes special mention of his
trusted aide, neophyte senator Bong Go,
and Go's pet bills, a treatment he gives to
no other lawmaker in the room.
Barangay polls Duterte asks Congress to postpone the May
2020 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan
elections to October 2022.
Protection of overseas Filipino He signed the Bilateral Labor Agreement
workers with Kuwait, in an effort to protect OFWs
from abusive employers. He also seeks to
establish a Department of Overseas Filipino
Workers.
West Philippine Sea Duterte repeated his claim that he can't
assert Philippine rightsover the West
Philippine Sea for fear of sparking a war
against China. He defends his decision to
let Chinese fishermen fish in Philippine
waters, saying that international sea laws
allow such an arrangement. However, such
deals have to be written whereas his deal
with China is only a verbal one.
Poverty Duterte reports a decrease in the poverty
incidence rate from 27.6% during the 1st
half of 2015 to 21% in the 1st half of 2018.
He also implores that citizens join him in
alleviating poverty.
Tax reform The President calls for the passage of
Package 2 of the Comprehensive Tax
Reform Program, otherwise known as
more easy manage. He already
handled armed workers that he
support to end the communist armed
conflict.
Good thing to know many
students enrolled unlike the old
times that people got in to trouble
cause of no budget for schoolings
and that scholarship been help to,
so the Filipino can now get easily
educate. The other is Education of
sports; children should live as
healthy have a good physical
health.
Stating the name of a trustee is
mentioning or introducing the ally
with you, who present as the one
who manage to help like a
secretary who you need when you
need to settle things when you are
been trouble at the time you got
tons of task
Postponing may have another free
time to think whatever else to do, but
also adjust that making our task
move again till we got busy by our
coating works.
Filipino OFW may now less
worrywart from the hands of their
boss, having it may help OFW ASAP
in case of abuse like the others been
experience when it wasn’t been there
before.
Fishing may somehow a little issue
unless they’re using bomb well that’s
another talk, that’s what we should
really get mad for. Deal without its
paper is nothing, they should even
prepare one. In case of possessing or
claiming, they got something to
present.
Since feeding program and
donation increase some of the
Filipinos lessen their problem of
what should they eat for that they
and got time to work and earn for
a mean time they got free food
Tax continuously for further
strengthen macroeconomic position.
It is needed to accelerate poverty

Liquor ban
Salary increase
Disaster risk reduction and
management
Fire protection
Water department
Land use planning
Sexist remarks
Metro Manila traffic
Rice and coconut farmers
the Trabaho bill.
Duterte says he wants a law ordering all
drinking establishments to close at
midnight.
He asks Congress to pass the Salary
Standardization Law which will raise
salaries for all national government
workers, including teachers and nurses.
The President pushes for the establishment
of a Department of Disaster Resilience in
preparation for future natural calamities.
He calls on Congress to pass a law creating
a Fire Protection Modernization Program.
Due to the recent water shortage in Metro
Manila and nearby provinces, Duterte calls
for the creation of a Department of Water
Resources and a Water Regulatory
Commission.
He asks Congress to pass the National Land
Use Act, which will develop lands in the
countryside. This will encourage
sustainable economic growth in the
provinces.
In various parts of his speech, Duterte
makes some remarks like how sunbathing
women await foreigners in Boracay and
how he has a "smelly" girlfriend because of
the Metro Manila water crisis.
Duterte orders the Metropolitan Manila
Development Authority and Metro Manila
local government officials to reclaim public
roads being used for private purposes. He
orders Interior Secretary Eduardo Año to
suspend mayors who don't comply.
Duterte vows that his administration will
implement the rice tariffication law. He
calls for the careful utilization of the coco
levy fund. He also blasts the Land Bank of
the Philippines for allegedly prioritizing
reduction and to sustainably address
inequality
much better and even a safety
mostly for the nightshift who go
home almost morning and to the
students go home at night from
project or school stuff purposes
Incensement may be a good thing
but still if the tax may increase
too well we dont know
This may help as improvement of
awareness on what to do in every
calamity, by practicing drills,
teaching ways to do even just a little
knowledge letting our people save
their lives in this situation.
It’s better to improve fire
protection since lately there are
tons of places been wipeout of
fire, improving this may be a
huge help even tho we can’t avoid
that there’s nothing to get fire
Water is already part of our lives
yet it will be a huge problem if it
will be limiting cause it has many
purpose, having this might help
and okay cause its needed and we
won’t worry in drought times.
Planning is good mostly if it is to
resolve, Making other spots to lands
may somehow got fair balance usage
of places on natural and industrial.
Since we have already problems on
our nature, spare places that we can
recover from the past forestation
He did sign the Bawal Bastos Law
yet he still on to the girls with their
bikinis which is just normal on the
beach, brought up in a speech in
front where he should be formal.
Due to population growth there’s
many vehicle use every day, turning
public roads may somehow help to
the most important journey, less late,
and less trouble
Minding natural things may give a
huge help not only in environmental
but also in natural needs. Agriculture
is where we got resources from fresh
goods and also to products. Funding

Strengthening national security
Tired
Period of consequences
commercial transactions over funding of
agricultural activities.
He pushes for the passage of the National
Defense Act and the Unified Military and
Uniformed Personnel Separation,
Retirement, and Pension Bill. He also wants
to promote patriotism among the youth by
making the Reserve Officers' Training
Corps program mandatory for senior high
school students.
The President says he's tired and unhappy
in office and would welcome a coup d’état
by the military.
Duterte ends his speech by saying the
second half of his term is a "period of
consequences." He hopes for sustained
momentum in the remaining years of his
term, which ends in 2022.
for it helps for more nature life,
expanding plantation mostly for
growing population.
By this, it may help our country go
strong. In the word Rizal left to us
“Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng
bayan” it shows that we are the next
generation who will assign to
Philippines preparation for
retirement of aging current
authorities that may be retired of this
job on the future.
May this is not on our concern.. but
why not? Responsibilities is a real
tiring but having people at your side
is having less pressure that you see
what reason you are still working
Telling with a phrase of period of
consequences for the years of his
servings reminds that he only got
remaining years and by the word of
consequences its seems that he know
what he will face right after this