“Let
us embrace this coming year’s uncertainty with a glimmer of hope and remain
determined in achieving our vision of a better and more prosperous future,”
Duterte said in his New Year’s message.
President
Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday called for solidarity as he expressed hope that
Filipinos would be able to overcome all challenges in the coming year.
In
his new year message, Duterte called on Filipinos to draw strength from what
they achieved in the past year.
"It
is my hope that we foster solidarity as we move forward in our pursuit of
providing a more comfortable and productive life for all," the President
said.
Duterte
said Filipinos are living at a time when their resolve is being tested by many
trials and difficulties.
"Corruption,
criminality, illegal drugs and terrorism have impeded our progress in the past
year. However, I remain hopeful that our resilience will enable us to overcome
and rise above these challenges as one nation," he said.
Moreover, Duterte
has described 2017 as a "year of sorrow" because of natural and
man-made disasters that left hundreds of people dead.
"We
will end 2017 with a bang of so many deaths of the Filipinos, ranging from
carelessness to accidents and the typhoons. There seems to be a sorrow
prevailing in the country today and it was not already a good Christmas day for
all of us, thinking that there are persons suffering," the President said
during a meeting of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council
in Tubod, Lanao del Norte last December 27.
The
President had expressed hopes that God would be kind enough to give Filipinos "a
new beginning" in 2018.
No comments:
Post a Comment