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President Marcos is set to deliver his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 28, likely with a familiar backdrop of trains, bridges, and rice—symbols that have come to define his administration’s image of progress. But beyond the stylized visuals and slogans, how much of what he promised in his first three SONAs has actually been accomplished?

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00:00President Marcos is set to deliver his fourth State of the Nation address on Monday, July 28th,
00:11likely with a familiar backdrop of trains, bridges, and rice,
00:16symbols that have defined his administration's image of progress.
00:20Let's take a look on how much of what he promised in his first three saunas has actually been accomplished.
00:25In his last sauna, Marcos spoke of a railway renaissance which would modernize transportation and decongest Metro Manila
00:34through flagship projects such as the MRT-7, the North-South Commuter Railway, the Metro Manila Subway, and the Mindanao Railway.
00:44Progress on railways are visible but incomplete, with the MRT-7 expected to begin its partial operations by the end of the year.
00:52The NSCR, while under active construction, encountered delays due to right-of-way issues.
00:59The Metro Manila Subway has begun tunneling in 2023, with its inauguration expected by the end of Marcos' term.
01:07Meanwhile, the Mindanao Railway and the South Long Hall project in Bicol remain in a pre-construction phase.
01:15Unlike the railways, Marcos' rice projects say otherwise.
01:19Among his most renowned and scrutinized pledges was to bring down rice prices to P20 pesos per kilo.
01:28Although dismissed as overly ambitious, in May 2025, the Department of Agriculture and the Office of the President
01:35has launched the Benteng Bigas Meron Na program, making the P20 pesos rice available in the country.
01:41As of mid-July, the program has served nearly 1 million Filipinos and distributed over 2,100 metric tons of rice.
01:51The progress on roads and infrastructure sits between that of railways and rice,
01:57with Marcos rebranding its plans from the previous administration's Build, Build, Build to Build Better More.
02:03Out of 207 infrastructure projects approved by the Department of Economy, Planning and Development,
02:127 have been completed so far, with 74 still ongoing, 34 approved for implementation,
02:199 awaiting government approval, 41 with ongoing feasibility studies, and 42 under pre-project preparations.
02:27The Marcos administration's record on rails, rice, and roads tells a story of one concrete success,
02:36multiple halfway completions, and several delays.
02:39As Marcos addresses the nation this Monday, the challenge is not about making new pledges,
02:45but stating how much of his existing promises have been fulfilled.
02:57The Marcos app is absolute in реш-based p episódio.
03:00The Marcos that eventuallyops has been fulfilled,
03:03far more than ever, to be able to do.
03:05The Marcos be fulfilled in the future.
03:07The Marcos re-posed left are once in the future...
03:10Now, I put a call to the Marcos ahm,
03:12the Marcos and his friends,
03:14the Marcos-Sye,
03:15the Marcos-Sye and the Marcos,
03:16the Marcos-Vis,
03:18the Marcos on the Family,
03:19the Marcos-Sye and the Marcos are just one moment ago,
03:21which is the Marcos-Vis.
03:22And that was the Marcos-56.
03:23I have the Marcos-Vis.
03:25And that was the Marcos-Vis.

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