MANILA, Mar. 15 On 16 March 2021, the country commemorates the 500th anniversary of the first circumnavigation of the world, beginning in Guiuan, Eastern Samar and closing on 28 October in Sarangani Island, town of Sarangani, Davao Occidental. These milestone events are collectively known as the 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines.
Thirty-four (34) historical markers are to be unveiled within this celebratory period. These were made by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, with the support of the National Quincentennial Committee. The coordination of the historical markers was made by the Department of the Interior and Local Government, with transportation assistance courtesy of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
MANILA, Mar. 15 President Rodrigo Roa Duterte will unveil on March 18 in Barangay Ngolos, Guiuan, Eastern Samar the historical marker identifying the Philippines’ role in the 500th anniversary of the first circumnavigation of the world. This is part of the President’s itinerary in Eastern Visayas concerning the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.
Joining him in the unveiling is Spanish Ambassador to the Philippines Jorge Moragas Sanchez, National Quincentennial Committee (NQC) Chairperson and Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Senator Bong Go, National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) Chairperson and concurrent NQC Executive Director Rene Escalante, Department of Energy Alfonso Cusi, and several other local chief executives and members of the 500 years committee.
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+ March 15, 2021 PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will unveil on March 18 in Barangay Ngolos, Guiuan, Eastern Samar the historical marker identifying the Philippines’ role in the 500th anniversary of the first circumnavigation of the world.
This is part of Duterte’s itinerary in Eastern Visayas concerning the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.
Joining him in the unveiling is Spanish Ambassador to the Philippines Jorge Moragas Sanchez, National Quincentennial Committee (NQC) Chairperson and Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Senator Bong Go, National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) Chairperson and concurrent NQC Executive Director Rene Escalante, Department of Energy Alfonso Cusi, and several other local chief executives and members of the 500 years committee.
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 country s 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 Spanish Navy Training Ship Juan Sebastian Elcano, named after the captain of the 17 remaining crew out of original 245 members of the Armada de Maluco (a.k.a., Magellan-Elcano expedition) who completed the first circumnavigation of the world. The said ship has been tracing the route of the first circumnavigation since 2019. Owing to the pandemic, no physical contact will take place between the crew member and those in land. It is expected to anchor near Manicani Island, also under the jurisdicti
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-stricken Magellan-Elcano expedition, the first to circumnavigate the world. It also happened to be the documented contact of our ancestors and the Spaniards.
According to NHCP Chairperson and concurrent National Quincentennial Committee (NQC) Executive Director Rene Escalante, “Unfortunately, a lot of Filipinos, as well as foreign nationals, do not know this episode in the history of the first circumnavigation of the world.”