BACOLOD CITY (PIA)— Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson of Negros Occidental said Negrense heroes who liberated the province from the oppressive Spanish rule accomplished an impossibility.
Speaking during the 124th observance of the Cinco de Noviembre or Negros Day at the Provincial Capitol today, November 5, the governor said the story “of revolutionaries carrying fake arms out of nipa stalks and canons of bamboo mats, of gaining victory with a bluff and securing freedom through a bloodless revolution, never gets old."
Lacson said the courage of Gen. Juan Araneta, Gen. Aniceto Lacson and the thousands of Negrenses, who fought for the freedom of the province, is the distinction of every Negrense.
On Nov. 5, 2022, 124 years after victory and freedom was secured, the Negrenses face a different predicament and is challenged by issues like the fight against poverty, unemployment, lawlessness, substance abuse, climate change, and the global crisis caused by the pandemic, he said.
“As your Governor, it is my ardent hope that as we celebrate the victories of our past, we will find renewed meaning, resolve, and inspiration to unite and work together to achieve our common goal as a people and as a nation," Lascon said.
He said the present-day problems do not require the rising up of arms but must be, nevertheless, confronted and dealt with equal unity and fervor. (AAL/Lljr/PIA 6 Negros Occidental)
