READ: President Rodrigo Duterte’s New Year message for the Filipino people

• READ: President Rodrigo Duterte’s New Year message for the Filipino people
• “Let us embrace this coming year’s uncertainty with a glimmer of ope and remain determined in achieving our vision of a better and more prosperous future.” the President said.

President Duterte greeted the Filipino people a Happy New Year last Monday, January 1.

Here is the content of his message:

“I greet the Filipino people, here in the Philippines 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 us draw strength from what we have achieved both as individuals 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 more comfortable and productive life for all.

We are at a time when our 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 challengers as one nation.

Let us embrace this coming year’s uncertainty with a glimmer of ope and remain determined in achieving our vision of a better and more prosperous future.

I wish all of us a fruitful and blessed New Year.”