President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III delivered his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) today at the Session Hall of the House of Representatives in Quezon City. The SONA also marks the opening of the 15th Congress.

Here’s the full transcript of the first SONA of President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III:

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on Monday read the report of the Senate Committee of the whole regarding the alleged C5 Road extension project controversy involving presidential aspirant Senator Manny Villar.

In the report, Senator Villar violated Section 15, Article VI of the constitution by intervening in the project for his own benefit. The Senate report seeks to censure the Senator for allegedly earning millions in the said project. Aside from censuring, the committee wanted Villar to return to the government the P6.22 billion his company allegedly “gained” through illegal means from the construction of the C-5 road extension.

The city government of Manila unveiled today in the City of Manila in time for the late president’s 77th birthday. The monument depicting a smiling Cory flashing a Laban sign in one hand and holding the 1987 Constitution in the other was erected besides her late husband Ninoy Aquino’s monument at the Rizal Park corners of P. Burgos and Roxas Boulevard in Manila.

Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim lead the unveiling ceremony together with the former president’s son (and now presidential candidate) Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III.

Thousands of farmers from different parts of the country converge in Manila to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the infamous Mendiola Massacre that claimed the life of 13 farmers in 1987.

The march was lead by the militant peasant group, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on the eve of the protest, an estimated 2,000 protesters gathered in front of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) office in Quezon City demanding the government for a genuine reform in the agrarian sector.

Press Secretary Cerge M. Remonded passed away Tuesday morning after suffering from major heart attack, doctors at the Makati Medical Center (MMC) pronounced him dead at 11:51AM.

Remonde was found unconscious inside the bathroom of his Bel-Air residence by on of his staff, he was immediately brought to the hospital.

In a press briefing, Dr. Eric Nubla, head of the MMC’s patient relations office said, “Secretary Cerge Remonde was brought to the emergency department of the MMC at about 11:20 this morning. He was unconscious, he was not breathing, no heartbeat. We were there to resuscitate him. Despite heroic measures, he expired at 11:51,”