
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