The President in his fifth SONA laid out priorities such as a better transportation system and even a rocket ship launch in the future. Analysts say the speech lacked concrete financing plans.
President Bongbong Marcos, Jr. highlighted key policies on the transportation system while floating nuclear power as an option for energy security, and cutting systems loss.
Local energy industry players and pundits say the find buys Manila time. But according to an economist, 'Gas without strategy is wasted opportunity.'
Economists are calling the CEPA a strategic lifeline, providing Manila with a high-income safety net as trade relations with Beijing and Washington grow increasingly unpredictable.
For some politicians, the impeachment process is a free stage to go strutting on their high horse.
President Marcos vetoed nearly P92 billion. Experts say the real problem won't go away.