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MANILA, Mar. 15 -- On 16 March 2021, the country will mark the quincentennial (500th anniversary) of the Philippine part of the first circumnavigation of the world. At 11:00 a.m., the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHC) will unveil the first of the thirty-four (34) historical markers highlighting the countrys part in that achievement of humankind and science: the Suluan Quincentennial Marker in Suluan Island, Guiuan, Eastern Samar. It will coincide with the arrival of the Sp...

MANILA, Mar. 15 -- The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) will conduct a special program in line with the annual Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day on March 18 in Guiuan, Eastern Samar. This is to mark the 500th anniversary of the Philippine-Spanish Contact which happened in the said town exactly 500 years ago on the said date. This was made possible through the recorded compassion and generosity of our ancestors exhibited to the starving, undernourished, and scurvy-stricke...

Re-enacting the circumnavigation 500 years later March 16, 2021 | 12:08 am Juan Sebastián Elcano — ARMADA.DEFENSA.GOB.ES IN SERVICE to the King of Spain, five ships were sent on an expedition in 1519 in search of the Spice Island. Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan commanded the Trinidad, the lead ship, and four other vessels: the San Antonio, In 1521, the expedition was completed with only the Victoria returning to Spain carrying 18 surviving sailors out of the original 270. It was...

TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) has announced that several cities and provinces in Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) have reopened regional and domestic tourist destinations as the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has issued uniform travel protocols for land, sea, and air.

DoJ to give ‘special attention’ to cop caught planting evidence on video THE Department of Justice (DoJ) is conducting its own investigation on the cop caught on video in Valencia City planting a gun as evidence against a suspect killed in a drug operation. Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra said on Thursday the review panel led by the department “will certainly give special attention to this particular incident in Valencia City.” He said regardless of the outcome of the Philippine N...

In celebration of the 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines (2021 QCP) this March 18, 2021, the Department of Public Works and Highways-Eastern Samar District Engineering Office (DPWH-ESDEO) initiated a coastal clean-up along the shoreS of the surfing area in Calicoan Island, Guiuan, Eastern Samar on March 5, 2021. The said activity started at 7 a.m. led by District Engineer Ma. Margarita Junia and participated with 33 employees. Among the most collected were dried coconut husks...

2 Northern Mindanao areas positive for red tide THE latest shellfish bulletin from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) includes Murcielagos Bay and Ozamiz City in Misamis Occidental, and Taguines Lagoon in Camiguin among the areas positive for red tide contamination. Shellfish harvested in these areas, both located in the Northern Mindanao Region, are unfit for human consumption. Several sites that are still contaminated for red tide include Inner Malampaya Sound, Palawan; Sors...

All storm signals lifted as Auring weakens into LPA Updated Feb 22, 2021 11:43:00 PM enablePagination: false FILE PHOTO Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 22) — All storm signals were lifted on Monday afternoon as Tropical Depression Auring (international name: Dujuan) further weakened into a low pressure area, state weather bureau PAGASA said. Auring weakened into an LPA at 11 a.m. as it crossed Rapu-Rapu Islands in Albay, just two hours after it made landfall over Batag Island in Nort...

The total number of passengers, drivers, and cargo helpers who were stranded in different ports in the country is now at 4,565 due to Tropical Depression Auring, the Philippines Coast Guard said on Monday.

Tropical storm "Auring" (international name "Dujuan") has further slowed down, and remained almost stationary off the eastern coast of Mindanao on Saturday evening, Feb. 20. In its 11 p.m. severe weather bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administratio