27 JULY 2009
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SEE ALSO
- Gloria & her SONAs: Long on show, short on substance
- Faster growth under Arroyo: Reality or statistical illusion?
- Gloria’s 9th: Boastful, Apologetic – or Both
PREVIOUS REPORTS
- 2009 | BIG INFRA SPENDING FAILS TO LIFT PLIGHT OF THE POOREST
- 2009 | ARROYO SONS, FRIENDS, FOES GET BIG PUBLIC-WORKS DEALS
- 2009 | OBSCURE FIRMS FLY HIGH, BAG HUGE DPWH DEALS
- 2009 | VILLAGE FOLKS RESIST ILLEGAL DEALS, 'BRIBES' FOR LEADERS
- 2009 | WB SUSPECTS, WHISTLEBLOWERS BAGGED BIGGEST DPWH DEALS
- 2008 | CHRONIC ILLNESSES ON THE RISE IN MARCOPPER TOWNS
- IN THE NEWS | HOUSE OPPOSITION SEEKS CAPS ON ARROYO'S SPENDING HABITS
- CROSSBORDER | THAILAND'S CONTINUING CRISIS
- PUBLIC EYE | MIKE ARROYO CLAIM STALLS LAND REFORM IN NEGROS
- SPECIAL REPORT | EVERY 6 HOURS, PIRATES SEIZE A FILIPINO SEAMAN
- PERSPECTIVE | THAT BUMPY RIDE CALLED DEMOCRACY
- PUBLIC EYE | AMID THE FIGHTING, THE CLAN STILL RULES IN MAGUINDANAO
- TILL DEBT DO US PART? | GLORIA'S INGLORIOUS RECORD: BIGGEST DEBTOR, LEAST POPULAR
- THE ECONOMY | MISPLACED GOVERNMENT SPENDING WORSENS WOES
- HOUSE FACELIFT TO COST TAXPAYERS P1 BILLION; FUND SOURCE A PUZZLE
- PUBLIC EYE | ROMULO L. NERI: CAN GOLF, REALPOLITIK WORK AT SSS?
- 2008 | ARROYO ALLIES LINKED TO 'GARCI' BEHIND MYSTERY FIRM IN PAGCOR 'TOURISM CITY'
- 2008 | ILLEGAL FISH OPERATIONS POISON TAAL LAKE
- PUBLIC EYE | ARROYO FAILS COA AUDIT
- 2008 | MAGUINDANAO, RP FALL BEHIND KEY INDICATORS FOR EDUCATION
- PUBLIC EYE | NO CURE FOR COSTLY MEDICINES? DRAFT LAW AFFIRMS PATENT RIGHTS OF DRUG FIRMS
- 2008 | NEW CSC CHIEF FACES PACK OF INELIGIBLE BUREAUCRATS
- 2008 | ODA SURGE SPARKS SCANDALS FOR ARROYO, DEBT WOES FOR RP
- 2008 | PRICE-CONTROL-BOARD
DEBATE MAY DELAY CHEAP DRUGS LAW
- ARCHIVES
In her 2004 State of the Nation Address, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo unveiled a catchy phrase to sum up her vision of governance: Beat the Odds (B for balanced budget; E for education for all; A for automated elections; T for transport and digital infrastructure; T for terminating NPA/MILF hostilities; H for healing the wounds of EDSA 1,2 and 3; E for electricity and water for all; O for opportunity to create 10 million jobs; D for decongest Metro Manila; and DS for develop Subic-Clark hub).
Dr. Benjamin Diokno, former budget secretary and currently a UP School of Economics professor, handed out his grades for Arroyo in time for today's SONA. He explains in detail in his report.
The grades use the system of the University of the Philippines, where Gloria earned her Ph.D in Economics, and follow the scale:
1 - Excellent 1.5 - Very Good 2 - Good 2.5 - Satisfactory
3 - Passed 4 - Conditional Failure 5 - Failed
Inc. - Incomplete Drp - Dropped
1 - Excellent 1.5 - Very Good 2 - Good 2.5 - Satisfactory
3 - Passed 4 - Conditional Failure 5 - Failed
Inc. - Incomplete Drp - Dropped
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