Watch SONA 2015 LiveStream : PH Government Taps Youtube For Online Broadcast of PNoy's Last State Of The Nation Address

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President Benigno Aquino III is set to deliver his sixth and final State of the Nation Address today - July 27, 2014 - at exactly 4 o'clock in the afternoon before Congress at the House of Representatives in Quezon City.

SONA 2015

The executive office - specifically RTVMalacanang - will be broadcasting SONA 2015 live via Youtube, allowing Filipinos all over the world hear the President's message first hand. Watch the official livestream here ~


On April 8, 2011, Google launched YouTube Live, which integrates livestreaming capabilities and discovery tools directly into the YouTube platform for the first time. The YouTube Live browse page where you can always find the most compelling live events happening on YouTube was also launched on that date.

RTVM - the agency behind the SONA2015 broadcast - was organized in 1986 following the peaceful EDSA revolt. Before 1986, the organization that existed was Radio-Television-Movies, and adjunct of the National Media Production Center which was based in MalacaƱang. In 1987, Executive Order No. 297 dated 25 July 1987 was signed and issued by President Corazon C. Aquino, creating the Office of the Press Secretary and cites under Section 14 (attached agencies) the creation of the Presidential Broadcast Staff – RadioTelevision MalacaƱang. Executive Order No. 297 designates PBS-RTVM as the entity with the sole responsibility and exclusive prerogative to decide on policy / operational matters concerning the television medium as it is utilized for the official documentation of all the President’s activities for news dissemination purposes and video archiving. [source]

Taking advantage of technological advances of the digital age and staying abreast with the changing lifestyle of Filipinos in this internet era, the Official Gazette has put up a special page which features, among others, an overview of SONA history as well as interesting trivia about the yearly tradition. Visitors can access transcripts of all previous SONAs and generate comparisons of content charts from 1935 until 2014 and watch #SONA2015 live.