PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte led the nation in celebrating its 123rd Independence Day on Saturday as he paid tribute to the country's health care workers and other frontliners who have been battling the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

In his message during the Independence Day rites in Malolos, Bulacan, Duterte recognized the sacrifices of these "modern day heroes" whose names will be inscribed in a "wall of heroes" at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City.

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