Sizing Up GMA's SONA: What The US Ambassador Wants To Hear Versus What The People Feel
By:
Totie Mesia
Date:
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 
More than a week before Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's (GMA) State of the Nation Address (SONA,) there was this type of conditioning the government wanted for its people. The pompous military, 6,000 strong, hammered peace on the people's mind even if according to them, there was no threat of disturbance. In a bewildering display of 
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Tags: Accountability, Corruption, Filipinos, gasoline price, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, human rights, military, NPA, Philippine President, Philippines, politics, SONA, USA