President Rodrigo Duterte greeted the country and left the Filipino people a message in celebration of welcoming 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 us draw strength from what we have achieved both as individuals and as a community in the past year,” Duterte said in a statement on Sunday.
The president continues to be positive that the country’s issues such as corruption, criminality, illegal drugs and terrorism that “impeded our progress in the past year” would be resolved.
“I remain hopeful that our resilience will enable us to overcome and rise above these challenges as one nation,” said Duterte.
President Rodrigo Duterte also called on Filipinos to embrace the coming year’s uncertainty with a “glimmer of hope” amid the trials the country faced in 2017.
“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.
