1950 Address on the State of the Nation (Philippines) explained

1950 Address on the
State of the Nation
Venue:Legislative Building, Manila, Philippines and
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Participants:Elpidio Quirino
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The Address on the State of the Nation on January 23, 1950, is the second State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered by Philippine President Elpidio Quirino.[1]

Address content and delivery

It is 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. The State of the Nation Address that was picked up was delivered on 10:00 am of January 23, 1950. Elpidio Quirino was then in the United States, confined at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.[2] He was recovering from a heart ailment.[3] 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. Speakers were set up back at the meeting place of the joint session.

Notes and References

  1. News: History lesson: A SONA from a hospital bed and other SONA facts . 5 November 2023 . ABS-CBN News . 24 July 2017.
  2. News: Malasig . Jeline . Juxtaposed: Duterte's postponed nat'l addresses and Quirino's 1950 SONA delivered from hospital . 5 November 2023 . Interaksyon . 9 April 2021.
  3. 25 July 2017 . Elpidio Quirino, nagbigay ng SONA sa radyo . TV broadcast . fil . https://web.archive.org/web/20231105141445/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlttd86ov6k . 5 November 2023 . 1:35-2:06 . Balitanghali. .