{"id":143013,"date":"2018-01-02T03:23:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T08:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=143013"},"modified":"2018-01-02T03:23:14","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T08:23:14","slug":"duterte-tells-filipinos-embrace-2018-with-hope-determination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/02\/duterte-tells-filipinos-embrace-2018-with-hope-determination\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte tells Filipinos: Embrace 2018 with hope, determination"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (RICHARD MADELO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA, Philippines \u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte urged Filipinos to welcome the \u201ccoming year\u2019s uncertainty\u201d with hope and determination to achieve a \u201cvision of a better and more prosperous future.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his message for the New Year, Duterte said that trials and difficulties have hampered the country\u2019s progress in 2017, underlining that the resilience of the people will overcome these challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cI greet the Filipino people, here in the Philippines and in all the corners of the world as we welcome the New Year,\u201d the president said. \u201cLet us embrace this coming year\u2019s uncertainty with a glimmer of hope and remain determined in achieving our vision of a better and more prosperous future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are at a time when our resolved 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,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Duterte also called on Filipinos to lean on the lessons and achievements of the past year and to be solid and united in the coming of the New Year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish all of us a fruitful and blessed new year,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we spend time with our family, friends, and loved ones in turning a new page in our nation\u2019s 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 a more comfortable and productive life for all,\u201d the president added.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Duterte described 2017 as a \u201cyear of sorrow\u201d as natural and man-made adversities left hundreds of people dead.<\/p>\n

Among these disasters were the five-month-long Marawi crisis, the devastation of tropical cyclones \u201cUrduja\u201d and \u201cVinta\u201d and the NCCC mall fire in Davao City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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