March 25, 2024
“… 𝙊𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙇𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙂𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚… 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 [𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙇𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨] 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚…”
(Message of Hon. Benjamin C. Abalos Jr., Secretary of Department of Interior and Local Government during the 6th Gawad Pampublikong Aklatan on 22 March 2024.)