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Duterte to Filipinos: Be heroes

Updated at 12:04 am Dec. 1, 2021

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday urged Filipinos to emulate Andres Bonifacio's 'strong sense of civic duty, courage and love of country' as he joined the nation in commemorating the 158th birth anniversary of the revolutionary hero.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte leads the wreath-laying ceremony to pay homage to Gat Andres Bonifacio and other heroes of the Katipunan during the 158th Birth Anniversary of Gat Andres Bonifacio themed Bonifacio 2021: Pagbubuklod para sa Kaligtasan at Kalusugan ng Bayan at the Pinaglabanan Shrine in San Juan City on November 30, 2021. The President is accompanied by National Historical Commission of the Philippine Chairperson Rene Escalante and Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Lt. Gen. Andres Centino. ACE MORANDANTE/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO