Who’s Joe America? Why did he make it to Aquino’s Sona?
There are political pundits who strongly suspect that Joe America, the anonymous blogger whom President Aquino quoted in his sixth and last State of the Nation Address (Sona) last week,
There are political pundits who strongly suspect that Joe America, the anonymous blogger whom President Aquino quoted in his sixth and last State of the Nation Address (Sona) last week,
By the time this sees print, we will have seen and heard more than our digestible share of comments and reviews on the latest and last Sona. Indulge me
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Was it a sincere wish to hear President Aquino deliver his sixth and final State of the Nation Address (Sona), or was it a desire to be seen by millions of Filipinos that inspired them to dress up and attend the annual event in their respective ideas of Filipiniana finery?
True to her sartorial choices in past State of the Nation Addresses (Sona), Senator Pia Cayetano looked like a debutant in a blush brocade gown. It had a beaded strap and embroideries.
Senator Grace Poe donned Paul Cabral’s terno in “pure white silk with swirl pattern of very fine white and periwinkle bugle beads.”
Senator Loren Legarda flaunted her all-Filipino outfit— a bag made of recycled newspapers, her shoes made in Marikina , and a wraparound on her waist, which she said is a table runner. She also donned a large Bontoc necklace and Ilonggot dangling earrings.
After her fashion faux pas last year, Senator Nancy Binay decided to wear a “boring,” “simple” and less colorful blue terno when she attended the opening of the session at the Senate on Monday.
As we begin the countdown to this year’s State of the Nation Address, the Lifestyle staff looks back on the red carpet looks from 2010 to 2014.
Because of the news blackout imposed by Malacañang on the president’s outfit, Rem Divino couldn’t give interviews, and every TV network’s OB van was waiting for him to step outside. He eventually gave them the slip by exiting through the back door carrying a black garment bag containing GMA’s scarlet terno.
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