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PAMPANGA. Mabalacat City Mayor Crisostomo Garbo. (Contributed photo)
+ February 02, 2021 MABALACAT City Mayor Crisostomo Garbo recently bared pipeline projects aimed at giving the city a cultural and heritage facelift.
Garbo mentioned his cultural revival plans and programs for the city on February 1 during the commemoration of Mabalacat s 309th founding anniversary. We need to prepare our city for future development without sacrificing our identity as Mabalaqueños, Garbo said. We will start by safeguarding our historical edifices, the old town hall across our Church and the Gabaldon Hall in Poblacion, will be converted into a museum once the restoration and rehabilitation become complete, he added.
Senator Manny Pacquiao(EPA/JOSEPH VIDAL / PRIB / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Pacquiao filed Senate Bill No. 1984 last January 14, renewing propositions to increase the rays of the eight-rayed sun in the country’s flag to represent Filipino Muslims who fought against Spain’s colonization.
He said Muslim heroes are “mostly unrecognized”, citing for instance Lapu-Lapu and Sultan Kudarat, who led battles against the Spaniards.
“Our Muslim heroes who equally struggled valiantly for our country’s independence must be given due recognition alongside with those already recognized in the most heraldic article of national importance, in the Philippine flag,” Pacquiao added.
In pushing this, he said the Phlilippine flag “should not only encapsulate a symbolism that survives the passage of time, but one which truly reflects the historical accounts and gives due recognition to those who went through heroic struggles over the course of national history.”
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Deputy Speaker and Cebu Rep. Pablo John Garcia said there is no “compelling reason” to change the airport’s name as he pointed out that this move would only “erase more than 50 years of history of the airport.”
Garcia called on the House Committee on Transportation to also consider the position of other provincial leaders, more in particular officials of the provincial government now headed by his sister, Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia.
However, Garcia is facing a formidable force of supporters of the measure that includes Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea and Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, who co-authored one of the pending bills.
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LOOK: Metropolitan Theater new photos released ahead of 2021 reopening
The MET was designed in the art deco style and was inaugurated on December 10, 1931, with a program that included music, drama, and film. All photos from NCCA.
Take a look at the new photos of the Metropolitan Theater (MET) released ahead of the historic Manila landmark’s reopening this 2021 in time for the Quincentennial Commemorations of the Philippines.
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) together with the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) are spearheading the restoration efforts for the MET in time to host the 500th anniversary of the Victory at Mactan and the country’s part in the first circumnavigation of the world in 1521. The quincentennial event will serve as the maiden show of the MET after 25 years since its closure in 1996.
Posted January 20th, 2021 for Smart by SMART Public Affairs Jan 20, 2021 Limasawa, an island whose historical significance dates back five centuries, has entered the age of high-speed internet with the recent launch of Smart Communications, Inc.’s LTE network there. This comes months ahead of the start of the yearlong celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Christianization of the Philippines. Located off the tip of Southern Leyte province, Limasawa plays a central role in the celebration: it Is the site of the first Catholic Mass said in the country on Easter Sunday in 1521. The moment will be among the events to be commemorated during the quincentennial anniversary celebration.