Grace Poe wears Paul Cabral terno with leaf details for SONA 2024

Senator Grace Poe has arrived at the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City for President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s third State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday.

The senator wore a terno by Paul Cabral, made with silk crepe material. The beadwork is a two-tone leaf inspired design made of gold and silver minute bugle beads.

"I usually always wear white. [The] gold accents, this is actually an inspiration of leaves. Kasi diba, every time we have a SONA, we're turning a new leaf, so hopefully, something new, something better," Poe told GMA Integrated News.

For the opening session of 19th Congress earlier this morning, Poe wore a white silk crepe dress, also by Cabral.

Marcos' camp did not divulge the contents of his SONA, but some of the current pressing issues 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. —JCB, GMA Integrated News