A Banner Year for Our Defense & Armed Forces Officials

Byline: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

(President GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYOs speech during the 68th Anniversary of the Armed Forces of the Philippines at the AFP Grandstand, Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, December 19, 2003.)

THANK you. Thank you very much, Secretary Ermita.

His Excellency President Fidel V. Ramos and the other former Secretaries of Defense and Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces; Speaker De Venecia and the other legislators who are here with us today; General Abaya and the other officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines; members of the Cabinet; members of the diplomatic corps; officers, men and women of the Armed Forces of the Philippines; Ladies and Gentlemen:

Isang pagbati sa inyong lahat, mga sundalo at mga sibilyang kawani ng Armed Forces of the Philippines at Department of National Defense sa Kaarawan ng Sandatahang Lakas.

At espesyal na pagbabati ko dahil sa unang pagkakataon nakita ko kayo ngayon, bagamat meron tayong luncheon mamaya, ang ating mga nanalo, ang ating magaling na pangkat ng Pilipinas sa Southeast Asian Games, sa pamumuno ni Colonel Tagibao at yung ibang mga nanalo nagfourth place and ating pangkat at pinakamaraming medalya sa kasaysayan ng Southeast Asian Games na pumunta sa Pilipinas, congratulations sa inyong lahat.

Akoy nasisiyahan na nanalo si . . .ay, di pala si. . . sorry, si ano, si Private First Class Valda pala. Binabati ko siya at binabati ko rin si Lt. Col. Tagibao sa kanyang pagtsampiyon ng tatlong beses naman sa powerlifting, flyweight category sa weightlifting championship. Siya ay dating PSG pero ngayon nawala ko na siya. . . . .dito sa headquarters pero congratulations pa rin sa kanya.

Akoy nagpapasalamat kay Secretary Ermita at saka kay General Abaya sa pagpili ng tema para sa 2003 Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas: Nagkakaisa Tungo sa Matatag na …

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