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Despite 500th anniversary celebrations recently, debate still rages as to where the event actually took place

RELIGIOUS DESTINATION.The view of historic Suluan Island in Guiuan, Eastern Samar in this March 19, 2022 photo. The site is one of the areas identified for pilgrimage tourism in Eastern Visayas.(Photo courtesy of Nayr Redz) TACLOBAN CITY -The Department of Tourism (DOT) is pushing for stronger pilgrimage tourism in the region even with the culmination of the year-long quincentennial commemoration on the world's first circumnavigation by Ferdinand Magellan. DOT Eastern Visayas Regional Director Karina Rosa Tiopes said on Wednesday with the eased movement restrictions, more people are expect...

GROUND ZERO. A makeshift house built by typhoon survivors in Limasawa Island in Southern Leyte in this Dec. 27, 2021 photo. Residents here demonstrate resilience despite crisis. (PNA photo by Sarwell Meniano) LIMASAWA, Southern Leyte - Typhoon Odette's fierce winds destroyed houses and shattered the livelihood of thousands of residents in this small island, but their will to rise up from the rubble stood firm. Antonio Oposa, 49, turned emotional when waves whipped by powerful winds washed away their house in Magallanes village, the site of the First Mass in the Philippines held 500 years a...

(Part 3)                 For Filipino Catholics, one of the most important historical sites to visit in relation to the 500-year history of Christianity in the Philippines is the place where the first Mass was celebrated, the first time the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Chri

Une première messe est célébrée ce dimanche après-midi dans l'édifice nantais ravagé par les flammes en juin 2015