Mark Villar, wife Emmeline Aglipay-Villar arrive at SONA 2024

Senator Mark Villar and his wife Emmeline Aglipay-Villar were among the first to arrive at President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City.

Aglipay wore an elegant royal blue Filipiniana by Mark Bumgarner and silver jewelry. Meanwhile, Senator Villar wore a classic Barong Tagalog.

President Marcos is set to deliver his third SONA, scheduled at 4 p.m. Politicians and their guests from across the Philippines are set to attend the event.

Some of the current pressing issues in the country include the rising conflict in the West Philippine Sea against global superpower China, which has prompted Manila to lodge diplomatic protests against Beijing, and officials from both countries to hold a bilateral meeting to manage the ongoing disputes in the region.

Emmeline Aglipay Villar, along with her husband Senator Mark Villar, arrives in Batasang Pambansa wearing a blue Mark Bumgarner Filipiniana | #SONA2024 @gmanews pic.twitter.com/K3JsxsOmyL

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