Before the clock strikes at 4PM, on July 27, 2009 where classes in all level is suspended in Metro Manila because of the 2 events happening on that day, 95th Anniversary of Iglesia Ni Cristo and the last or the 9th State of the Nation of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. In her 9th year in her term as the president of the Philippines from replacing the ousted president Joseph Ejercito Estrada and her re-election on 2004 let’s recall and run down details of her 8 State of the Nation Address as we prepare to listen on her last on the 27th of July.

2001 State of the Nation Address – July 23, 2001

Sino hindi makakalimot sa tatlong batang nagpaanod ng bangkang papel papuntang Malacanang? Sina Jayson, Jomar at Erwin ang tatlong kabataang isinulat sa bangkang papel ang kanilang mga kahilingan at pangarap sa bagong upong presidente na si Gloria Macapagal Arroyo sa kanyang unang State of The Nation. Hiniling niya ang pagkakaisa at hilumin ang sugat na natamo mula sa EDSA Dos, labanan ang terorismo sa bansa, at ang labanan ang kahirapan sa pamamagitan ng free enterprise, social equity, social bias toward the disadvantaged, raise moral standards.
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Yesterday I received a text message while I’m in a meeting telling that the former President Corazon Aquino died. To be honest this kind of text message has a big impact for those who look at her as an icon of politics and democracy. Same thing happen yesterday at the Manila City Hall where her supporters who attended the Healing Mass grieves after receiving the malicious text message and and has been announced by the Retired Supreme Court Justice Adolf Azcuna during the communion. But Margie Juico, private secretary of Cory Aquino denies the rumor of the death of the former president, she mention that Aquino’s health is stable and she’s fighting for her life which Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim affirms after rushing to the Makati Medical Center after receiving the text message.
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After the 9th State of The Nation Address of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on the July 27. ABS-CBN will ba having its third ANC Leadership Forum on the 28th of July with Senators Francis Escudero, Francis Pangilinan, Loren Legarda, Manuel Roxas II, as well as Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, Pampanga Gov. Ed Panlilio, and Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno as they give their own version of State of the Nation Address and what are their hopes and plans on the 2010 National Election.
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The country’s most interesting and inspiring stories will continue to go beyond borders as the documentary program “Storyline” and the immigration talk show “Crossing Borders” unveil its new seasons on the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC SkyCable channel 27) on Friday (July 24) and next Thursday (July 30), respectively.

Produced by multi-awarded speaker, columnist, and TV show host Patricia Evangelista, “Storyline” uses elements of cinema to tell stories of hope, faith, and courage. On its fourth-season opener, “Storyline” will feature embattled journalist Cheche Lazaro, who is bravely facing a wiretapping case, followed by Mon and Monique Eugenio’s retelling of their heartrending experience when their three-year old baby drowned in the Batangas sea tragedy last month.
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On its 23rd anniversary, DZMM proves it is not only first in news and public service. It is also first when it comes to making people happy.

This month, DZMM Radyo Patrol 630 listeners and DZMM TeleRadyo viewers get the chance to meet their favorite broadcasters like Ted Failon, Bernadette Sembrano, Anthony Taberna, Winnie Cordero, Gerry Baja, Cheryl Cosim, and Neil Ocampo, and receive amazing gifts through the “DZMM Katok Bahay-Todo Bigay promo.”
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After seeing Tuntoy on how he compare the life that his family and friends faces from Baranggay Gutom to Baranggay Busog, Antero Ely shares his struggle on how he learn to stand from the life of being discriminated because of what poverty brought them.
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Shoe Mart or SM is true with their tagline “We Got it all for You” after nilang i-open ang 2nd building nila which is Annex 2. Since October of 1997, SM became the leading mall in Fairview where it caters almost all of what shoppers and mall goers would like to see and buy for their needs. Next to SM Pampanga, SM Fairview that time is the 2nd SM Mall that has ACE Builders that caters to wholesaling construction needs that is in demand to areas near the mall like Rizal, Bulacan and Marikina.
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Well like what I expected Harry Potter 6: The Half Blood Prince after reading the book, the movie could not do much magic to make the dragging emotions of the movie to be magical. Half Blood Prince is a part of JK Rowlings book that talks about the death of Albus Dumbledore and the love story of Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley.
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This year, it’s not only the president who’s reporting about the state of the nation. Starting Monday (July 20), Filipinos worldwide who have joined the Boto Mo, iPatrol Mo: Ako ang Simula movement will get a chance to deliver their own state of the nation address (SONA) on national television through ABS-CBN’s “SONA Mo, iPatrol Mo.”
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Last July 8, 2009 at the Gawad Kalinga Selecta Village in Cainta Rizal, Tony Meloto, founder of Gawad Kalinga and other supporters of GK launches the new program that will help the Filipinos aside from having a shelter, they can fight against hunger. Gawad Kalinga launches Bayan-Anihan, a project that will help our fellow Filipinos to work hard for their food and not by just giving it to them. As an old Chinese Proverbs says “Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life.” With the help of Gawad Kalinga and the people who believes and support it’s plight, Bayan Anihan aims to use the idle land for agricultural and teach the families of Gawad Kalinga villages to cultivate the land for their benefit.
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