Mark Adrian

Hon. President Rodrigo R. Duterte, Office of the president Malacañang Palace JP Laurel Street, San Miguel Manila  Dear Mr. President,                 You have amazed me with your decision about the issue on the panatag/scarborough shoal even if we won the arbitration case against china specially about what you said on our soldiers and not sacrificing their lives for just one island. I'm also in favor of campaign against drug but please run this operation through a safe process.We all know that being a President is not an easy job. From making our country's economy high and your efforts on making the Philippine crime rate fall. Whatever your plans are, as long as it is for our country and for us Filipino people I will always support you and I hope that you will make our country Philippines great again. I also hope that there will be a President like you in the future.                                                                                                    

       "Ibon mang may layang lumipad kulongin mo at umiiyak" a line of a Filipino song that is about Filipinos crying for help, crying because of the violent foreign invaders that are making the Filipinos suffer for hundreds of years. But then the day came and Filipinos broke their silence and fought for their freedom and that freedom is what we are enjoying and celebrating until now.       It was June 12, 1898 when General Emilio Aguinaldo wave the flag that signify the independence of the Philippines at the balcony of his house in Kawit, Cavite and all of the Filipinos are very happy that time because they are free from the invaders and can live peacefully. Now some people are happy about the celebration of the Independence Day because it is a non-working holiday. But the true reason why we celebrate this is to give tribute to the brave men who have shown their bravery and love to the Filipino People and specially to the motherland, Philippines. They defeated the