Over Half of Senators Skip Marcos' SONA, Highlighting Political Divide
More than half of the senators in the Philippines were absent from President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.'s State of the Nation Address (SONA). Reasons for absence ranged from health issues and the detention of opposition lawmakers to protests against the administration, highlighting a deepening political divide.
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