| A Filipino soldier rests on top of a Philippine military Armored Personnel Carrier as they secure the compound of the House of Representatives in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, on Monday. (AP photo) |
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MANILA (Updated 5:26 p.m.) -- President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Monday used one of the most stable periods of her troubled tenure to tout her government's economic successes and promise the impatient poor that they will benefit soon.
Making her seventh annual State of the Nation Address (Sona) as at least 3,000 protesters swarmed near the House of Representatives complex in suburban Quezon City, Arroyo told a joint session of Congress that she hopes the Philippines can join the ranks of wealthy nations in 20 years.
Running Account of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s State of the Nation Address
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