SONA

Last July 23, 2012, the president of the republic of the Philippines Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III successfully delivered his SONA (State of the Nations Address). He stated his future plans and improvements of the country in his administration. Hereunder are the 3 areas related to ICT that can improve our quality of life. iGovPhil The iGovPhil Project aims to enhance government efficiency and effectiveness by placing relevant instruments to apply interactive government applications online. This is very useful because nowadays we are surrounded by technologies and we will not do things manually. This is very useful because it aims to secure the network that will incorporate existing government networks. Project NOAH Project NOAH is very useful. It’s a mobile app that can be used to discover and manuscript wildlife locally. You don’t need to build an ark to save your fellow Filipinos from floods. You’ll just visit and access their website. With exact and sufficient information, we will be able to equip Filipinos en route for adequate readiness. AFP Modernization Program President Benigno Aquino III has mentioned to release P10 billion for the military’s modernization program, including P1.6 billion for new Air Force planes which will all be acquired by the end of the year. It’s good to know that our president is not deaf and blind about this matter. It really helps the AFP to give an assurance for the security of our country. He mentioned that they will just tell Pnoy their needs and he will give it to them as long as they will benefit the whole institution not their personal interests. This is very useful so that we will have efficient resources so that we will be able to develop our armed forces.