01/05/2025
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Here in Cebu, strength takes form in a leader whose vision and resolve have become inseparable from the Cebuβs riseβGovernor Gwendolyn Garcia.
Hers is a rare kind of leadershipβanchored in our culture, unshakably devoted and fiercely loyal to her people, marked by a clarity and decisiveness rare in public life. In challenging moments, when others pause, she acts. When others yield to pressure, she holds the line. There is something enduring about her presence in governmentβthe kind of leadership that defines a generation, and leaves a mark long after the term ends.
What she has done for Cebu is not only to lead itβit is to unify it. Cebu speaks in one voice because her leadership listens to all. Cebu moves as one because her service reaches everyone.
Today, the eyes of the nation are on Cebu.
Not just because of its beauty, but because of its unity.
Not because of politics, but because of purpose.
In a time when itβs easier to take sides than to stand together, Cebu chooses unity. This is what true leadership looks likeβfirm in principle, focused on people, and faithful to progress.
Cebu shows us what is possible when leaders lead with courage and the people move as one. Time and againβthrough crisis, calamity, and challengeβGovernor Gwen Garcia has rallied this unity, not by force, but by faith in her people.
She has shown that unity is not just a response. It is Cebuβs identity. And it is that same unity that will carry us forwardβas a province, and as a nation.
If we are to build a nation where no one is left behindβwhere every table has food, every farmer has dignity, and every community has a voiceβwe must move forward the way Cebu has:
United. And as Tennyson has said, strong in will, to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.