By DEE AYROSO
A good SONA
Tags: #SONA2020
141 arrested during nationwide #SONA2020 protests
“It was obvious that the activists were held up by the police to prevent them from joining the SONA ng Bayan.”
#SONA2020 | Netizens dismayed at Duterte’s lack of concrete plan on COVID-19 crisis
Many netizens said that they only wasted almost two hours of their time listening to Duterte’s speech which they described as nothing but an attack on his critics and defense of China.
‘Duterte’s SONA was a distraction from COVID-19 mismanagement’
“How can you be a president when you do not have an objective way of looking at the reality? It is always in relation to himself, what he likes and does not like.”
Could’ve been an e-mail
By DEE AYROSO
8K defy government’s warning against joining protests
“We are outraged because the government ignores the plight of the workers and the people in this pandemic. It is more interested in suppressing freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom of assembly. It is more concerned with concentrating power through the Anti-Terror Law, and if Duterte wishes so, a charter change.”
#SONA2020 | Bulatlat Special Coverage
President Rodrigo Duterte will deliver his fifth State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 27. Bulatlat examines Duterte’s policies on the economy and foreign policy, his COVID-19 response and track record on human rights and the attacks on press freedom and expression since the lockdown.