Monday, July 27, 2009

Consolidating Reforms and Promoting Public Welfare

Speaker Prospero C. Nograles (left) spells out the clear direction for the House of Representatives the 3rd regular session of the 14th Congress which opened Monday morning as a prelude to the President's State of the Nation Address (SONA) before the afternoon joint session of Congress. Nograles, who stressed the need for a united front to offset the lingering global economic downturn, enunciated on a reform agenda that puts premium on economic and fiscal stability, social protection, rural productivity and human resource development. - Photo credit: Pecto Camero, MRS-PRIB-HOR