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SunStar Capas National Shrine reopens
SHRINE OPEN. Bikers shoot their respective selfie photos at the obelisk of the Capas National Shrine, which was recently opened to tourists. (Photo by Reynaldo G. Navales)
+ March 14, 2021 A MONTH before the celebration of the Araw ng Kagitingan (Valour Day) on April 9, 2021, the Capas National Shrine was reopened to the public after almost a year of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Scores of tourists, including cyclists, were spotted Sunday, March 14, 2021, inside the shrine, which was once a concentration camp for American and Filipino soldiers during World War II.
Shrine Curator Darwin Campo said the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office ordered the opening of the shrines, including the Capas National Shrine, Mount Samat National Shrine, Corregidor Island National Park, to the public starting March 5, 2021.
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Get to know more of what happened during the World War II in the Philippines as the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) brings a series of historical webinars as part of the 2028 Kagitingan Roadmap and the ongoing celebration of the 76th Liberation Campaign Anniversary.
Entitled Kagitingan: The PVAO Historical Webinar Series is a year-long activity, divided into two parts with published historians, researchers and academicians from various universities across the country as speakers.
Part 1 of the webinar series which will run from February 26 to May feature 13 collective topics that will present quintessential, realistic and factual imagery of the Second World War in the Philippines. The second part of the activity is set in August to September.
PASIG CITY, Feb. 24 (PIA) — The Department of National Defense (DND) is set to begin its inoculation drive for its employees upon the delivery of the 100,000 doses donated to the DND by China through Chinese Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe.This, following the emergency use authorization.