Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III urged Filipinos to honor the gallantry of war heroes and veterans through their own efforts to improve quality of life for all Filipinos. “Filipinos never failed to respond to the call of duty when their country needed them. And this is a time when the country needs all its citizens, not to fight in trenches, but to make the Philippines better for Filipinos,” Pimentel said in a statement. We are no longer locked in a struggle for survival, but a struggle for better lives,” he also said. For Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, while heroes remain icons of courage, “every Filipino who offers blood, tears and sweat, strength, joy, and taxes, is brave.”“All Filipinos who fight against oppression and right the wrong are valiant.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 09, 2018 00:45 UTC