The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) has released photos of the newly restored Metropolitan Theater in Manila ahead of its much-awaited reopening this year.
President Duterte pushed for the elevation of Lapu-Lapu to the country's pantheon of Filipinos heroes during the launch of P5,000 commemorative banknote and silver medal in honor of his victory in the battle of Mactan 500 years ago.
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In a taped message aired during the ceremon
PARAÑAQUE CITY, Jan. 17 (PIA) Today marks the 100-day countdown to the 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines (2021 QCP). Central in these commemorations is the 500th anniversary of the Victory at Mactan on 27 April 2021 (the reckoning date of the countdown).
The Lapu-Lapu City Government kicks-off the countdown at the Lapulapu Monument, Liberty Shrine, Mactan in Lapu-Lapu City in the morning.
Highlight of the event is the declaration of the shrine as a site of the permanent display of the Philippine flag through the NHCP Board Resolution No. 10, s. 2020.
Event guests include Office of the Presidential Adviser in the Visayas Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino, Philippine Information Agency Director-General Ramon Cualoping III, Lapu-Lapu City Lone District Representative Paz Radaza, Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, and Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Chan.
DESTINATION: ART
This is a town that gave its name to an entire province in the same way that the municipalities of Cavite and Batangas became the names of their respective provinces.
Arsenio “Nick” Lizaso,
CCP president and NCCA chairman
When people learn I am a native of Bulacan, they inevitably ask me about the origin of the name Bulacan. Frankly I am not sure. Some say that the name “Bulakan” is derived from the Tagalog word “
bulak,” which is cotton in English. It is not, however, the same as the cotton that grew in the old American south but “
IN PHOTOS Here’s a peek inside the nearly finished restoration of Metropolitan Theater set to open in April
Published January 6, 2021 4:34pm The National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA) and the local government of Manila on Wednesday showcased the nearly finished renovation of the Metropolitan Theater. The structure standing in Ermita, Manila, is almost ready to open its doors in April in time for the quincentennial commemoration of the victory of Mactan. According to the National Quincentennial Committee (NQC), the MET will be holding an evening show on April 27. The opening night of the MET will also be the theater’s maiden show 25 years after its closure in 1996.