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Secretary's Corner
HON.
HERMOGENES EDEJER EBDANE, JR.
Message:
DPWH 111th Anniversary
22 June 2009
Magandang umaga sa
ating lahat.
One hundred eleven
years of service is what we celebrate today.
One hundred eleven
years of building the roads and bridges that have linked and
connected our country.
One hundred eleven
years of being the frontliners for growth and development, for where
we break ground, follows progress and prosperity.
The preponderance
of number ones in 111 emphasizes that we must always be number one
in performance and service, as has been done since 1898.
Fortunately or
unfortunately, the very mission of our Department requires that we
literally take the lead in paving the way forward, and by that same
token, being number one in delivery and efficiency becomes the
minimum requirement.
The rich history
of public works through more than a century and a decade provides us
with the inspiration and the motivation to do even better in the
years ahead.
The experience of
the past gives us many lessons on hurdling challenges and setting
the pace for innovation.
And the fruits of
labors past, of 111 years of service, are now being enjoyed in the
here and now by our communities and citizens.
With all these in
our portfolio of learnings and accomplishments, we stand as one of
the stalwarts of development for the future.
Ang ating
pananagutan sa sambayanan ay ang pagpapatatag sa kalsada na tulay sa
kinabukasan.
The roads we build
are the bridges to the future.
The physical
structures provide the real-time means toward progress, while the
opportunities that come with these highways and byways provide the
hope and the inspiration to achieve and to grow.
Bawa’t kalsada ay
nagbibigay ng bagong pag-asa, sa bawa’t kalsada tayo ay pinagkakaisa
With the linkages
that comes with our roads and bridges, comes hope and unity, as we
allow greater possibilities for commerce, education and interaction.
All necessary for
every Filipino to reach his full potential, to have the options for
a better life.
In every forum and
conference I have joined in the last few months, this message of our
shared responsibility has been my repeated refrain.
KALSADA ANG TULAY
SA KINABUKUSAN, SAMA-SAMA NATING ALAGAAN.
It is time that we
spread the word once more, that our work is shared with our
citizens, that building the country’s roads and bridges is only the
beginning.
We must encourage
greater awareness of the importance of keeping our public works in
good working condition.
We must help our
countrymen realize that this is the best way to maximize taxpayers’
investments and enable the building of more new roads and bridges in
more communities across our islands.
And I believe that
me must begin doing this at home, here in the DPWH.
Let every member
of the DPWH family take the lead in preserving the roads and bridges
that we use every day. It is our job as public servants, and our
responsibility as citizens.
Perhaps because
these have become such a part of our daily life, we forget that like
everything else on this earth, they too need to be preserved and
used properly if we are to get the most mileage from them, so to
speak.
Because we must
take responsibility for our work as public servants.
This has been the
hallmark of the DPWH through the years, and this we must continue,
in honor of those who came before us.
Let me close by
congratulating all our men and women for a job well done and
expressing my gratitude for your dedication and your commitment. But
I will ask for more as we face the deadlines of 2010.
There is much
work that must be completed in the months ahead. The heat is on,
so to speak, but I know we all work very well under pressure.
As I have said
before, let us continue to WORK AS ONE, for TOGETHER, WE ALWAYS DO
THINGS BETTER.
Ang ating
pagkakaisa ang magpapatibay ng patutunguhan ng ating bayan. Tayo ang
inaasahan para sa matibay na kalsada ng pag-asa at kaunlaran.
KALSADA ANG TULAY
SA KINABUKASAN, SAMA-SAMA NATING ALAGAAN.
Happy Anniversary
sa ating lahat at Mabuhay!
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