Tag: farewell speech

Emotional Dela Rosa thanks police during last flag-raising ceremony as PNP chief

By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa on Monday, April 16, thanked the police force for its support during his last flag-raising ceremony as the country’s top cop. Dela Rosa couldn’t help but turn emotional as he thanked his men who he said supported him for the past one year and nine months in Camp Crame. According to Dela Rosa even if there were obstacles, the police continued to […]

Obama warns denying climate change ‘betrays future generations’

CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama warned in a farewell address to the nation on Tuesday that to deny the reality of global warming amounted to a betrayal of generations to come. “We can and should argue about the best approach to solve the problem,” he told the crowd in Chicago. “But to simply deny the problem, not only betrays future generations, it betrays the essential spirit of this country, the essential […]

Obama warns of democratic test, ‘we rise or fall as one’

CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — President Barack Obama warned Tuesday that the United States faces a stern test of its democracy, in a speech to the nation that was both a fond goodbye and a call to arms. Capping his eight years in office, Obama returned to his adoptive hometown of Chicago to recast his “yes we can” campaign credo as “yes we did.” He also called on supporters to pick up the torch and forge […]