Today's activity of the Committee on Human Rights in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross comes as a timely exercise of concerted efforts of the House of the Representatives, the ICRC, the Commission on Human Rights and all stakeholders who put a premium on building peace and unity in the Philippines and our neighbor States...

Congratulations to the 44 graduates here today, congratulations as well to your parents and teachers.

I'd like to thank you for inviting me to be part of this milestone in your lives. I am always excited whenever I address a graduating class because not only does it give me an opportunity to be part of a celebration of success, but more importantly, it gives me the chance to commend and recognize the values of hard work and perseverance.

To our dear graduates I share the joy of your success! Finally you have come to the last day of your lives as high school students and are about to embark on a new more challenging and exciting chapter...

Thank you for inviting me to share this very important day in your lives. I am honored to be here to celebrate your success.

Finally you have come to the last day of your lives as high school students and are about to embark on a new more challenging and exciting chapter. Today we take the time to look back at the accomplishments and milestones you have achieved in the last 4 years. We celebrate your efforts, having done the necessary work, passed the requisite exams and put in the time and effort needed to learn and to prepare yourself for the eventual responsibilities of adult life...

Another school year has come to a close and it is once again time to look back at the accomplishments and milestones we have achieved in the last 10 months. Today we celebrate that you are all moving on to the next year of your high school life, having done the necessary work, passed the requisite exams and put in the time and effort needed to learn and to prepare yourself for the eventual responsibilities of adult life...

I'd like to thank you for giving me the singular privilege of being your commencement speaker. I am always excited when I am invited to address a graduating class because not only does it give me an opportunity to be part of a celebration of success, but more importantly, it gives me the chance to commend and recognize the values of hard work and perseverance...

I am very happy to be with you today to share this very special occasion for our little ones! Thank you for inviting me to your big day...

Congratulations to all the members and officers of the Guardians Brotherhood Federal Inc. I am honored to have been invited to this culmination program of your 1st annual national assembly and meeting of Unified Guardians under the Guardians International Inc.

I know that you are a young organization in terms of your SEC registration, however the very foundations and tenets of the Guardians Brotherhood by which you stand for are values that we should all aspire to.

This year's theme: "With God, we can surmount all obstacles to success", is a fitting reminder to us all to never lose faith in the face of the most trying of circumstances...

A Blessed Christmas to us all especially to the children! It is a great honor to be invited to this special gathering of indeed very special individuals. I am humbled to be invited today.

Christmas is the season of love and the season of sharing, sadly in today's material world we often forget the true meaning of what we celebrate. Our special children are exactly what they are, SPECIAL because they are angels sent to us to remind us of the many things we forget or take for granted and yet are so important...

It is a great honor to have been chosen your administering officer. I am humbled to be in the presence of warriors.

The mere mention of the word Cancer usually conjures images of despair, loneliness and fear. None of which I see before me tonight. Instead, I see a group of people united by a common cause, exuding an aura of strength and hope so strong that the entire room is filled with such light, such love and such passion...

Good Morning!

These past weeks, we have been hearing reports of mass lay-offs, of big companies closing down, of corporate buy-outs. Just last Friday, FedEx closed down its Philippine operations in Subic leaving 550 Filipinos out of a job. On the same day, Amkor Technology Philippines, one of the biggest contractors for Intel also closed down, taking with it the livelihood of 1500 employees...

I am humbled to be your guest of honor and speaker at today's flag raising ceremony. What a good way to start my day - to start my week - to start my month - by being in the company of region XI's finest...

Fellow supporters of the Bantay Bata coloring book series, good afternoon!

It is with great joy that I speak today in behalf of all who believe in this wonderful project...

Principal Epifania Villa, Teachers, Parents, my dear students good afternoon. It is my privilege to deliver the special message of Atty. Karlo Nograles, Chief of Staff of the Office of Speaker Boy Nograles. Much as he tried to join you today and share in your celebration, he regrettably is still in Manila and could not make it back in time. He requested that I deliver this message.

My warmest greetings to the Faculty and Staff, Parents and Students of Davao City Special School! The Office of Speaker Boy Nograles is with you in celebrating your 33rd founding anniversary...