The 2008 SONA of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
July28,2008

The last State Of the Nation Address of PGMA was indeed full of promises,full of hopes.. this yearly speech of the president is always awaited by both supporters and critics... scrutinizing her plans for our nation.. Most of her promises were addressed to the poor... those who needs the most. But could she this promises come true???hmmm...who knows?Speaking of promises...in relation to this subject, i cited a part of her speech that points on the agendas of her Excellency PGMA,

1.The creation of six million jobs in six years via more opportunities given to entrepreneurs, tripling of the amount of loans for lending to small and medium enterprises, and the development of one to two million hectares of land for agricultural business; she said: "Our P 350 million training partnership with the private sector should qualify 60,000 for call centers, medical transcription, animation and software development, which have a projected demand of one million workers generating $13 billion by 2010."

I think this is a good agenda in the sense that more jobless Filipinos will have their chance to earn a living, nowadays.. it is hard to earn money when you have no job and much more harder to those who have families to feed. those 60 million job job vacancies will feed up to 60million families, it is not a bad agenda actually. In the part of the entrepreneurs, it is a blessing if this promise would come true... they will have the chance to develop their small businesses without worrying of too much capital to spare. The Philippines is truly a land blessed with fertile soil for agriculture.. it is best to develop this land for survival purposes especially that scarcity of food is a global problem.

2.The development of Clark and Subic as the best international service and logistic centers in the region;
The development of Clark and Subic as the best international service and logistic centers in the region;This Agenda will certainly cater the growth of technology that will help Philippines pace to industrial stage..aside from that,this would also motivate Filipino proffessionals to work here instead of going abroad...

3.The construction of new buildings, classrooms, provision of desks and chairs and books for students and scholarships to poor families;
This agenda may not directly point to the needs of the jobless, this is also cater jobs to the jobless, since more working force will be needed to implement this agenda. It must take a lot more years to implement this agendas... to the extent that she only had another year as our president. Most here critics do not believe in her, on what she promises, even the Filipino people... maybe because this promises were too good to be true or she's just a babbling leader who promises everything but do not fulfill it...I'm just wondering...if she were not the president of this country,will this nation be progressive to other leaders?with all this Global problems that we are facing. I think it is a tough responsiblity she has on her cute shoulders... facing all those problems...and still, she remained standing tall(hmmm... not literally)...undefeated. if only the Filipino people would wake up and get off their butts on their couch, go out and find a job and make a difference of their lives. It is not her who makes this country suffer, it is us who do not know what does "Self-Reliance" means.