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Hours before President Rodrigo Duterte's first State of the Nation Address, hundreds of Davaoeños brave the rain?s marching from Roxas Avenue to Rizal Park in San Pedro Street where they will hold their program dubbed "SONA ng Bayan".(Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Senate President Aquilino 'Koko' Pimentel III (left) and House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez applaud as President Rodrigo R. Duterte announces during his first State of the Nation Address at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City on Monday, July 25, 2016 that he will lower the income tax. The three leaders are all from Mindanao. (ACE MORANDANTE/PPD)

Thousands march along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City for the ‘People’s State of the Nation Address’ during the first SONA of President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 25. The march ended in the Batasan road where the rallyists held their program some 300 meters away from the Batasan Complex . (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)

Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar holds a copy of the executive order on the freedom of information on Sunday, July 24, at the Royal Mandaya Hotel. The EO was signed on Saturday by President Rodrigo Duterte. (May Anne Love. B. Deseo/davaotoday.com)

Lumad youth perform on stage during the two-day International Conference for Peoples Rights in the Philippines held at the Brokenshire Convention Center in Davao City on Saturday, July 23.(Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)