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More lawmakers have revealed the items they wished President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. can tick off when he delivers his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 25, at the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City.
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President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (PNA file photo) MANILA - Lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Friday bared a list of key issues and priority measures that they wished President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. would include in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday. Quezon Representative Reynan Arrogancia said he is looking forward to hearing from President Marcos' some broad strokes and initial first steps on the mass transportation crisis, education budget priorities, small business recovery, Virology Institute, and food supply. "I am open to working with the executive agencies and the Congress leadership on these ideas. I support the call for the convening of the LEDAC (Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council)," Arrogancia said in a statement. To avert a mass transportation crisis, Arrogancia said the government should focus on railways, which should be the backbone of long-haul mass land transport, while