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SONA trends amid boy bands, love teams, and pretty people

By: Storified by Tricia Aquino
July 23, 2012 6:12 PM
RH Bill advocates hold a demonstration, expressing their support for the proposed legislation, hours before President Aquino delivered his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday. (Bernard Testa, InterAksyon)

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Amid celebrity love teams, boy bands, and 20 people others find pretty, President Benigno S. Aquino III made it to the Twitter trends during his State of the Nation Address on Monday afternoon.

#SONA2012 trended all throughout his speech, while priority bills, a cabinet secretary, and an export product—aside from other related items—popped up in the trends both locally and worldwide.

View the Tweets compiled on Storify below.

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