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A very positive New Year’s message from the President of the Philippine Rodrigo Duterte. Here’s the full text of his message.
I greet the Filipino people, here in the Pilippines and in all corners of the world, as we welcome the New Year.
As we spend time with our family, friends and loved ones in turning a new page in our nation’s history, let draw strength from what we have achieved both as individual and as a community 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.
We are a time when our resolve is being tested by many trials and difficulties. Corruptoin, 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.
Let us embrace this coming year’s uncertainty with a glimmer of hope and remain determined in achieving our visio of a better and more prosperous future.
I wish all of us a fruitful and blessed New Year.
