The State of the Nation Address of President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino for the opening of the 15th Philippine Congress was done yesterday.

Get the link for the full transcript of 2010 SONA President Benigno Aquino here.

Jobs, roads, justice, curbing corruption, restoring peace and order situation are just some of the items discussed.

I was waiting for the reforms in reproductive health issues and population control because I hold that high among the priorities that I give importance to, along with education. In my opinion, these two go hand-in-hand in alleviating the poverty level of the country.

Oh well…

Anyway, some of those that were discussed during the SONA were a shock, especially the amount of money the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage System people gets in spite the fact that people are lining up the streets to get their ration of water because they, I mean, WE had to go without water for almost two weeks.

Hundreds of thousands of metric tons of sacks of rice when the nation’s children are hungry and malnourished just got spoiled?

Is this not a crime, letting rice rot, despite the fact that there are 4 million Filipinos who do not eat three times a day? It is more than that figure who go hungry everyday sir.

I will stop here because I feel like sick just writing about spoils and mindless spoilage.

I really hope that:

The situation is not what it was before; we can all dream again. Let us all become one in achieving a fulfilment of our hopes and aspirations for our country.

It may sound like a broken record but yes, “change starts from within us”.

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