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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
Published March 13, 2021, 11:25 AM
There may be no need to book an appointment to get a glimpse inside Malacañang.
Here’s a chance to take an inside look of the historic Palace with Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar’s mini virtual tour.
Moonlighting as a tour guide of sorts, Andanar shot short video clips of the seat of government power before attending a Cabinet meeting early this month. The mini walking tour of the Palace has been shared on Andanar’s Instagram page.
Andanar first took his Instagram viewers around the sprawling garden of Malacañang before taking them ultimately to the the interior of the Palace.
Acceptance rate of Sinovac vaccine among PGH personnel went up to 25%, spokesman says By TED CORDERO, GMA News
Published March 13, 2021 6:02pm The number of personnel at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) willing to receive jabs of China’s Sinovac vaccine has increased, a spokesperson of the state-run medical institution said Saturday. In an interview on Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar’s Cabinet Report program, PGH spokesperson Dr. Jonas del Rosario said that acceptance of the China-made vaccine among healthcare frontliners in the PGH has increased from “8% crept up to like 12%, 18% and at the end of our vaccination this week, it has already increased to 25%.”
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