00:00President Marcos is set to deliver his fourth State of the Nation address on Monday, July 28th,
00:11likely with a familiar backdrop of trains, bridges, and rice,
00:16symbols that have defined his administration's image of progress.
00:20Let's take a look on how much of what he promised in his first three saunas has actually been accomplished.
00:25In his last sauna, Marcos spoke of a railway renaissance which would modernize transportation and decongest Metro Manila
00:34through flagship projects such as the MRT-7, the North-South Commuter Railway, the Metro Manila Subway, and the Mindanao Railway.
00:44Progress on railways are visible but incomplete, with the MRT-7 expected to begin its partial operations by the end of the year.
00:52The NSCR, while under active construction, encountered delays due to right-of-way issues.
00:59The Metro Manila Subway has begun tunneling in 2023, with its inauguration expected by the end of Marcos' term.
01:07Meanwhile, the Mindanao Railway and the South Long Hall project in Bicol remain in a pre-construction phase.
01:15Unlike the railways, Marcos' rice projects say otherwise.
01:19Among his most renowned and scrutinized pledges was to bring down rice prices to P20 pesos per kilo.
01:28Although dismissed as overly ambitious, in May 2025, the Department of Agriculture and the Office of the President
01:35has launched the Benteng Bigas Meron Na program, making the P20 pesos rice available in the country.
01:41As of mid-July, the program has served nearly 1 million Filipinos and distributed over 2,100 metric tons of rice.
01:51The progress on roads and infrastructure sits between that of railways and rice,
01:57with Marcos rebranding its plans from the previous administration's Build, Build, Build to Build Better More.
02:03Out of 207 infrastructure projects approved by the Department of Economy, Planning and Development,
02:127 have been completed so far, with 74 still ongoing, 34 approved for implementation,
02:199 awaiting government approval, 41 with ongoing feasibility studies, and 42 under pre-project preparations.
02:27The Marcos administration's record on rails, rice, and roads tells a story of one concrete success,
02:36multiple halfway completions, and several delays.
02:39As Marcos addresses the nation this Monday, the challenge is not about making new pledges,
02:45but stating how much of his existing promises have been fulfilled.
02:57The Marcos app is absolute in реш-based p episódio.
03:00The Marcos that eventuallyops has been fulfilled,
03:03far more than ever, to be able to do.
03:05The Marcos be fulfilled in the future.
03:07The Marcos re-posed left are once in the future...
03:10Now, I put a call to the Marcos ahm,
03:12the Marcos and his friends,
03:14the Marcos-Sye,
03:15the Marcos-Sye and the Marcos,
03:16the Marcos-Vis,
03:18the Marcos on the Family,
03:19the Marcos-Sye and the Marcos are just one moment ago,
03:21which is the Marcos-Vis.
03:22And that was the Marcos-56.
03:23I have the Marcos-Vis.
03:25And that was the Marcos-Vis.
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