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==Araw ng Kagitingan is about courage and fortitude - Bataan solon== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R03&article=551334032743 | |||
*By: PIA | |||
*''April 10, 2012'' | |||
PILAR, Bataan- As the nation commemorates the Fall of Bataan on Monday, a congressman has stated that the remembrance of the event is all about courage and fortitude. | |||
Second District Representative Albert Garcia explained, “Araw ng Kagitingan is no longer about guns and cannons that need to be neither fired nor about blood that needs to be shed. It is about the courage and fortitude which moved our veterans to bear arms at the time it was needed.” | |||
For about 70 years now, the country has been remembering of what our veterans did and what they have done and accomplished before will not be diminished much less forgotten, he said. | |||
The very air that we breathe, which is the air of freedom and democracy, will be our constant reminder that there were valiant heroes who fought, sacrificed and offered their lives for it, Garcia added. | |||
He said, “The need today is for the same courage and fortitude to carry on and face the challenges that confront our nation and our people. It is in this sense that we find most appropriate the theme of this year’s celebration. We see and look up to the veterans as catalysts of genuine and lasting change.” | |||
We are now facing an entirely different war: one against poverty, corruption and lawlessness. While there are no foreign armies that directly threaten us with invasion, we have to contend with global economic recession, global warming and social unrest in several parts of the world the effects of which are no less devastating, the Congressman concluded. | |||
Carrying this year’s theme “Veterans: Catalysts of Genuine and Lasting Change,” this then highlight the significant contributions and the influential roles of the veterans by not only defending the country but also in keeping peace, upholding democracy and attaining progress. | |||
==PNoy assures enhanced Phl defense system== | ==PNoy assures enhanced Phl defense system== | ||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=561333942313 | *Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=561333942313 | ||