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Feedback ( SONA):

President Aquino, He missed so many important topics during his final SONA, the entire SONA centered on his administration’s accomplishment and giving credits to his partners on his “Daang Matuwid.”

Some of the important issues that the President failed to mention during his sixth SONA are the following, the controversial PDAF issue, the Mamasapano Massacre, the expansion of Chinese territories in the West Philippine Sea and the Freedom of Information Bill to name a few.

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4Ps Program:

Pres. Aquino highlighted the ‘Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program’ or 4Ps which now we have 4.4 million beneficiaries from 786,523 in 2010. In 2008, there were 2.9 million out of school youth in the country. In 2013, only 1.2 million out of school youth remained.

On education sector, PNoy said that Alternative Learning System helped to ensure that even indigenous peoples and street children are not left behind. The requirements for the K to 12 programs – backlogs of 66,800 classrooms, 145,827 teachers, 73.9 million textbooks already provided.

For TESDA program of the government, studies show that 71.9% [of TESDA graduates] found employment right away, compared to the 28.5% recorded before.

Agenda Setting:

The issue of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in the Cordillera office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) here recently clarified issues raised against the list of beneficiaries of the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) who were reported to be not actually poor, saying that the determination of the deserving families passes through stringent screening processes although admitting there are still loopholes in the process.

               Based on the agency’s report to Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan, only 28 out of the 80 reported rich beneficiaries were found to be financially capable while the rest were delisted due to other reasons such as transferring outside the city, no dependents below 14...