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00:00We are participating here today with the Filipino community in Calayaan, 126 years on the Independence
00:20Day for the people of the Philippines.
00:22This celebration is expressing the good relationship between the UAE and the Philippines.
00:28The Filipino community and the UAE are one of the largest communities here.
00:32You will see in this celebration that there is some art, art shows, there is some food,
00:38food carts, and so many things that are related to Filipino culture.
00:45Welcome to our celebration.
00:58I hope you enjoy our celebration.
01:00Please, we are also many cultures here.
01:03We are all sharing part of our different cultures to make this country vibrant and be open and
01:11inclusive and tolerant to allow us to become successful.
01:15Now we are living, coexisting, and making it all what the UAE is now.
01:22Today, I am so happy because it's the 126th year of our anniversary.
01:28As I said, you know, it's like our heroes fighting for our independence 126 years ago.
01:34We have heroes now.
01:36Filipinos here are fighting, fighting for the best for the family, fighting for their
01:44freedom to be prosperous.
01:46At the same time, positively contributing and coexisting with the others.
01:51And our country, thank you for our friendly relationship.
01:56We have 50 years of diplomatic relations.
01:59And the partnership is real.
02:02Every day, I can see even going further and it's all founded on the rich and the robust
02:08people-to-people relationship brought about by, I say, 1 million Filipinos.
02:14But I say that more than that, I quote again, well, it's not an exact quote.
02:20When I signed as the foreign minister, he was in the Philippines a few days ago.
02:26He met my president and he said, if I can just summarize the bond between our two countries,
02:32our people are spiritual.
02:34So that is more than just a working relationship.
02:39That is more than just a migrant population.
02:43The two peoples really living together with all the other nationalities here, over 200.
02:49We live in a place that allows us to be the best that we can be.
02:53It's the same country that every day strives to achieve the best quality of life for all Filipinos.
02:59So, what can I say?
03:01Thank you, Jarsilat.
03:02Thank you very much.
03:03This has shown the world, the wisdom of the world, so much value by the founder of our nation,
03:25namely tolerance, compassion, and dialogue.
03:36Ours is a country that welcomes people from around the world.
03:43We are all pleased to call the Philippines a friend of the United Arab Emirates.
03:54And I am pleased and honored to celebrate with you the anniversary of independence of your great country.
04:11The highlights, well, you've been to our events on a yearly basis, right?
04:16So I think every year is getting bigger.
04:18With the partnership that we have with Emirates Loves Philippines,
04:21it touches different communities from all Emirates.
04:24You know, we cannot bring this to, let's say, Cocheira, Tarazan, Taiman,
04:28but we make sure that we give free buses to bring a little bit of the Filipino community to Dubai
04:34to party with us, to celebrate with us for this moment.
04:37So, the highlight of the event, apart from the performances on stage,
04:41we have four artists from the Philippines.
04:44People came from the Philippines, from the Filipino Channel, and people won.
04:48We have a lot of different Filipino talents here, and they will be on stage for the whole day.
04:53Apart from that, we also have, like, a Korean tournament.
05:01Today, we are very happy to share with the Philippine 126th and 127th day.
05:09We are here in UAE.
05:11We all think that we are all one family here in UAE.
05:15Everybody in the U.S.A. and here in the Philippines, we are treated like one family.
05:20So, we are very happy to share our vacation with our friends from the Philippines,
05:26about the 11th day, and really, we are welcoming anyone in this land.
05:41The Philippines 126th and 127th Day
05:44The Philippines 126th and 127th Day
05:47The Philippines 126th and 127th Day
05:50The Philippines 126th and 127th Day
05:53The Philippines 126th and 127th Day
05:56The Philippines 126th and 127th Day
05:59The Philippines 126th and 127th Day