As we commemorate National Heroes’ Day, the National Task Force Against COVID-19 honors our modern-day heroes — our medical frontliners — who have made every conceivable sacrifice to ensure the health and safety of the Filipino people.
For the past six months, our doctors, nurses, military and police personnel and civil servants have been at the forefront of our nation’s battle against the deadly disease. We know how your jobs have taken a heavy toll on your physical and mental well-being.
But despite the many challenges, you continue to put your lives on the line and carry out your critical tasks so that our countrymen can get the best medical care and other essential services they need to recover and return to their families.
The selflessness, dedication and bravery you have shown during this health crisis puts you in the same league as our national heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice in order to free our nation from foreign oppressors.
Today, we are fighting a different kind of war that will determine the future of our nation. But we have no doubt that we can win this battle because you, our frontliners, stand ready to serve and protect our country.
We will forever be indebted to all of you. May this occasion be our way of showing our heartfelt gratitude, recognition and support for all the things you have done for our beloved nation and the Filipino people.
You are all heroes in the truest sense of the word. We, your countrymen, will make sure that your contributions will be appreciated, remembered and honored.
Finally, we would like to call on all Filipinos to unite and work shoulder to shoulder so that we can surmount this crisis, and move forward as one nation.
Mabuhay po kayong lahat, mga magigiting na frontliners!
Defense Secretary Delfin N. Lorenzana, NTF Chair Interior and Local Government Secretary
Eduardo Manahan Año, NTF Vice-Chair Presidential Peace Adviser
Carlito G. Galvez Jr., Chief Implementer of the Philippines’ Declared National Policy Against COVID-19 Bases and Conversion Development Authority President and CEO
Vivencio “Vince” Dizon, Deputy Chief Implementer of the Philippines’ Declared National Policy Against COVID-19
