The Address on the State of the Nation on January 23, 1950,[a] is the second State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered by Philippine President Elpidio Quirino.[2]
| Date | January 23, 1950[a] |
|---|---|
| Venue | Legislative Building, Manila, Philippines and Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Participants | Elpidio Quirino |
| Language | English |
| Previous | The Most Urgent Aim of the Administration (1949) |
| Next | 1951 The State of the Nation |
It is also the only SONA to be delivered through radio broadcast to the Congress of the Philippines and the only one where the president did not personally attend the Congress' joint session. Quirino who was in the United States was confined at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.[2][3] He was recovering from a heart ailment.[4]
Radio Computing Services was responsible for relaying the radio broadcast from Quirino in the United States to the Philippines. A Philippine-based radio network picked up the broadcast.[1] Speakers were set up back at the meeting place of the joint session.[4]
Notes edit
- ^ a b Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8). Radio broadcast was picked up in the Philippines at 10:00 am on January 23.[1]
External links edit
The full text of Elpidio Quirino's Second State of the Nation Address at Wikisource
References edit
- ^ a b "The State of the Nation Address: Traditions and History". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ a b "History lesson: A SONA from a hospital bed and other SONA facts". ABS-CBN News. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ Malasig, Jeline (9 April 2021). "Juxtaposed: Duterte's postponed nat'l addresses and Quirino's 1950 SONA delivered from hospital". Interaksyon. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ a b Elpidio Quirino, nagbigay ng SONA sa radyo. Balitanghali (TV broadcast) (in Filipino). GMA Integrated News. 25 July 2017. Event occurs at 1:35-2:06. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023.
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