Last Updated: 24 JULY 2006
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ps1-072406sona.gif (8909 bytes) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is welcomed by newly-installed Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. upon her arrival at the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Constitution Hils, Quezon City to deliver her 6th State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) at the joint opening of the Third Regular Session of the 13th Congress Monday (July 24). (Edwin Paril -- OPS-NIB Photo)
ps2-072406sona.gif (7947 bytes) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo gestures as she stresses a point during her State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) at the joint opening of the third and final session of the 13th Congress Monday (July 24) at the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Constitution Hills, Quezon City. Behind the President are newly-installed Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. (left) and House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. (Rodolfo Manabat -- OPS- NIB Photo)