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Last December 13, 2018, President Rodrigo Duterte joined our family as we unveiled the markers of the new Las Piñas’ Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (DATRC) as well as the Mella Hotel on C5 Extension in Barangay Pulang Lupa, Las Piñas City.

The global financial markets this early are showing signs of volatility. The budget impasse in the US, Wall Street’s recent deep plunge and the unresolved trade war between the US and China are again rattling the nerves of investors. The same gyrations in the global financial markets are happening again this year, but I see the Philippines surviving this instability as it did in 2018.

Happy new year to everyone! To all hardworking Filipinos here and abroad, I wish you a better quality of life, more time to spend with loved ones, better work so you can provide for your family, and more importantly, good health and happiness so you can enjoy all these in the company of the people you hold dear. Mas galingan natin sa bagong taon! Mas masigasig nating harapin ang buhay! At mas mahalin natin ang Diyos, bayan, at pamilya! Masaganang Bagong Taon po!