PNOY's 4th SONA

                                       

SONA or State of the Nation Address is a speech delivered by the president of the country every 4th Monday of July. This SONA is all about the part of the president in the development of the country and what he could do to improve these. It is an annual report about his accomplishments.

               July 22, 2013. The day of the 4th SONA of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III. His speech lasted for almost 1 hour and 40 minutes. He tackled about graft and corruption. Of course, if an official is in a position in the government, he/she cannot avoid corruption but it is not for all. Our President is now more frank; he named the institutions which are not performing well.

               Is our country more productive now? Are there differences? It’s been 3 years when our president sat on his position. Many told that that our economy is improving but some cannot accept this because their present status is not yet developing. The president also mentioned the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. There are many questions raised if this program is really effective. Is it really good to give cash grants to less fortunate families?

                This is the longest SONA for his last 3 SONA’s. Does this mean that he had done a lot? There are many projects mentioned like the K-12 curriculum and many others.

                 The question is why are there rallyists?  Does this mean that the President's performance is not yet enough?

Gutom at Malnutrisyon, Sama-sama Nating Wakasan

         

         Nowadays, many of us are not eating healthy foods and don't consider its importance. This nutrition month, let us come to know its relevance to us. Fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamins and minerals that is essential in our daily diet. Fruits and vegetables can help protect the body against some diseases including diabetes, stroke, heart disease, some cancers and high blood pressure or hypertension. So, we should take in these kinds of food so that we will be strong doing easily get tired in our daily tasks.

          Gutom at Malnutrisyon, Sama-sama nating wakasan. If we are hand in hand in ending malnutrition and starvation, we can easily resolve this problem. Malnutrition, this is suffered by a person who do not eat the right kind of food. Instead of eating fruits and vegetables, we are fond of eating junk foods and other unhealthy foods. What can we get in consequence? We feel weak and tired. While if we eat fruits and vegetables, we are feeling alert, jolly, and happy in everything that we do.

            During these times, we get attracted to junk foods because these are presentable. I know that everyone knows that junk foods are bad but we still eat them. How can we find a solution to this problem? Simple. We should take into consideration that we must eat healthy foods so that we will be strong and lively and so that diseases will not easily come with us.

             So what are we doing now? Let us join forces in order to stop or end malnutrition.