The entire nation eagerly listened as President Rodrigo Duterte delivered hisfirst state of the nation address last Monday. Some of the keypoints he discussed include: declaration of unilateral ceasefire with communists, lowering of personal and corporate income tax rates, continuation of war against illegal drugs, addressing the worsening traffic conditions, streamlining the bureaucracy in government services, and improvement in infrastructure. Indeed, change has started to come and every concerned citizen of our country, not just the 16.6 million Filipinos who voted for him, is keeping a watchful eyeonhow the president will turn his promises into fruition. After all, human nature dictates that there must be some form of measurable outputs as basis to judge someone else’s performance.