PRESIDENT NOYNOY AQUINO,3RD "SONA" STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS

        

         The State of the Nation Adress (Sona) is an annual event in the Philippines where the President addresses the status of the nation. This is similar to the State of the Union in the United States. On July 26, 2011 President Aquino "Noynoy" stated his 3rd SONA at BATASANG PAMBANSA.           He said getting rid of the use of the wang-wang (which symbolized abuse of authority) is a major step in changing the Philippines.The Philippine's still has exclusive sovereignty over the South China Sea aka. "West Philippine Sea".The government is fighting hunger and poverty--with survey showing hunger decreasing from 20.5% to 15.1% from May to June.Business and the economy in the Philippines are improving as evidenced by a boom in investors and new businesses.Aquino encouraged citizens to pay the proper amount in taxes.The nation is increasing security and the people are "ready to protect themselves".

No mention of OFWs in Aquino’s SONA speaks volumes

For Migrante International, Pres. Benigno Aquino III’s failure to address the sorry state of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) is telling.

“It could only mean two things: Aquino had no gall to brag about so-called achievements for our 12 to 15 million overseas Filipinos when there really were none, or it was an admission that the government had done nothing and has no plans to alleviate the dismal state of OFWs,” said Garry Martinez, Migrante International chairperson.

Martinez said that unlike previous SONAs speeches, this year’ SONA did not even bother to belie the government’s implementation of a labor export policy, nor did it extol concerned agencies such as the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).

He said that while they are admittedly “dismayed” by the non-mention of OFWs, they were not expecting much from the SONA. “Hindi na kayang magpanggap ng gobyerno sa usapin ng mga OFWs. Lantad na lantad na kasi ang kasinungalingan at kawalang-aksyon nito para protektahan at bigyang-serbisyo ang mga kababayan natin sa ibang bansa.”

”Despite his promises and posturing, without doubt, Aquino is cut out of the same mold as a modern-day slave trader. Increasingly millions of migrants Filipinos are seeing through this.  For OFWs, wala namang nagbago. We now see Aquino’s promises and posturing for what they are. Lies, nothing but lies,” Martinez said.

He added that what they would have wanted to hear was “a categorical statement that the government would decisively deviate from a policy of labor export by creating domestic jobs, addressing massive landlessness and providing much-needed social services”.

There is no genuine service and welfare protection for OFWs, he said. “Because of the Aquino administration’s desperation to further seek job markets abroad due to the country’s worsening economic situation brought about by its unreformed policies, its only recourse has been to intensify its labor export program. It has become clearer that the labor export policy is nothing but a big business venture from which the government profits, at the expense of OFWs’ rights and welfare.”

He is a good president but he don't mention about ofw's...I hope he will be arrange the problem about it...