The uncounted fatalities from Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) should never be forgotten, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Tuesday.
The uncounted fatalities from Super Typhoon Yolanda should never be forgotten, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Tuesday.
“I come here because I must commemorate those uncounted dead that up to now we do not know how many that number is. We must come to these commemorations so that we will remember those who we were told not to remember,” Marcos said in his speech. According to Marcos, the commemoration was also a demonstration and a manifestation of the strength and courage of Filipinos.
Years after the destruction of Yolanda, Marcos said that Tacloban City had been rebuilt. He noted that even in times of calamities, Filipinos will surely recover.
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