If there's one thing that President Duterte wants to ensure at the tail end of his term, it's for Philippine hero Lapulapu to be the more revered figure locally especially when compared to Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. (Photos from Wikipedia, Malacañang) Duterte, in his pre-recorded...
PH Consulate General holds documentary premiere, lecture on Santo Niño’s history, culture to Filipino children in Barcelona SANTO SCREENING Philippine Consulate General to Barcelona Maria Theresa S.M. Lazaro giving her opening message. (Barcelona PCG photo) The Philippine Consulate General in...
A photographic throwback of the Western Visayan region during the American colonization CAPTURING ILOILO Pedro Casanave, an American photographer and painter Over the past several years, there has been a growing enthusiasm for learning Iloilo’s history. That is largely thanks to burgeoning...
April 27, 2021 is the 500th year or quincentennial of the Victory at Mactan and part of the celebration is a competition to find the best design for a new Lapulapu Monument that would rise in Mactan, Lapulapu City, Cebu. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and the...
Filipinos were enjoined to unite and overcome the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the same way that our ancestor-warriors came together during the historic Battle of Mactan 500 years ago. NHCP Chairman Rene Escalante and DOT Secretary BernadetteRomulo-Puyat. (Photo by Roy Mabasa/ File...
The former Cotabato City mayor died ‘due to acute respiratory failure, among other complications, secondary to COVID-19.’ (NHCP) Former National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) executive director and former mayor of Cotabato City Ludovic Deles Badoy passed away at 69 on Sunday,...
