Inaugural Speech
of Bonifacio E. Valdez, MD., Ph.D.
President, MinTVET, Adm Year 2021-2022
To our esteemed guests, Founding Chair Ms. JojieBian, our Association Immediate Past President,¬¬-Ms. Lourdes Mission and now Chairman of Min TVET, out-going and in-coming Board Officers, and Board of Trustees, members of MinTVET, my sincere and jovial greetings to all of you this afternoon. Thank you so much for all you have done for Min TVET association in the previous years. Thank you for a show of great attendance at this inauguration ceremony. As you have welcomed me today and all throughout my election as newly elected President for the year 2021, I do thank all of you in a spirit of most humble gratitude.
Although we are in the state of pandemic, we should be thankful to our leaders for being diligently and honest in addressing the essential matters which focused on the urgency of provisions on crucial problems of our country is facing that would possibly affect the operation of the association. But due to our unified, devoted action we were able to address it, still standing together on a firm foundation as an important instrument of transformation, partnership and connectivity vital to MinTVET’s success.
Most of all, I am grateful to all of you my colleagues in the Board, heads of the various partner industries and all members of this association for from your energy and resilience I draw my strength and respect your hard work and determination to fulfill our mission and attain the vision of what this association is aiming for global implications.
I am confident that as time goes by, we can meet the challenge by being more productive and committed constituents in the service for MinTVET. Behind the scene, a remarkable dedicated individuals worked in unity to make things possible embodied by a spirit of hope, determination and analysts of the designed effective plans for the total operation of the association yesterday, today and in the future onwards.This I’m referring to Atty. Mick Engracia and Bemix,Ms. Carmen Echavez and Ed John Franco. Salamat po. So, again, in advance thank you for continuously supporting MinTVET. We are more than happy that you are always with us. With our term of office as Officers and Board of Trustees, we are confident Atty. Mick that you will still be our Legal Adviser and backbone.
I am guided too by certain principles that we will align our mission to reflect the needs of our association, and partners with emphasis on cooperation rather than competition. It is with humility and burning passion to realize our goals without conditional bounds.
In closing, I am asking everyone’s continuous support from our out-going and in-coming Board Officers and especially our members, so we can accomplish our initiatives. I think this is not only my year but our year of success. I pray that everything is worth the wait, with all of us working as one, especially with God’s guidance and grace. Thank you very much and be blessed everyone!