(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte urged Filipinos on Sunday to “embrace this coming year’s uncertainty with a glimmer of hope.”
“And (let us) remain determined in achieving our vision of a better and more prosperous future,” Duterte said.
According to the President, he remains hopeful “that our resilience will enable us to overcome and rise above these challenges as one nation.”
He cited the challenges he said the country faced in 2017, but which it was able to surpass.
These, he said, include illegal drugs, terrorism and criminality.
The President said Filipinos should 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,” he said.