00:00 The lower house reveals all systems go for the second state of the nation address of President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr.
00:06 Apart from this, some of the guests shared about their outfits for this important event.
00:11 Meryl Esmores with the details.
00:13 Many Filipinos are looking forward to the second state of the nation address of President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr.
00:21 to be held on Monday, July 24.
00:24 I hope that his promise to lower the prices of goods will come true.
00:30 His prices are too high.
00:32 Mr. President, if possible, our terminal will not be lost. That's all. Thank you.
00:37 At the vicinity of the Batasang Pambansa, where the auspicious event will take place and where SONA banners hang in place.
00:44 According to House Secretary General Reginald Velasco, it's all systems go from here at the Batasan Complex,
00:50 where a technical rehearsal is scheduled today and over the weekend to ensure the smooth flow of program on Monday.
00:56 All systems go.
00:58 And you know, the equipment that is being tested,
01:02 it needs to have redundancy.
01:04 For example, our internet.
01:06 We have three or four service providers.
01:11 So that if one breaks, we have an alternative.
01:15 Velasco also confirmed that soprano singer Lara Maigue was handpicked to sing the Philippine national anthem during the SONA on Monday.
01:22 Apart from this, the public is now also excited to see the SONA outfits of the guests.
01:28 House Deputy Minority Leader France Castro shared the design of her Filipiniana,
01:33 which symbolizes the call of their Portuguese for higher wages for Filipinos.
01:37 Meanwhile, for Gabriela Portuguese representative Arlene Brosas,
01:41 she will be wearing this gown with the design of women fighting for the welfare of our countrymen.
01:46 While for ACT-CIS Partylist Representative Erwin Tulfo, he shared that he will be wearing a Proudy Pinoy-made barong.
01:54 It's a simple barong, but I believe it was Nina Corpuz. She has a line of barongs that she makes, local barongs, or what she calls habi.
02:10 We will get Ms. Nina Corpuz tomorrow.
02:14 Melales Moras for the Nation.
