Passengers, cargoes stranded in Negros Occidental

Florence Baesa 12/24/2019

DUMAGUETE  CITY, Negros Oriental—A total of 278 passengers and 73 rolling cargoes have been stranded in Negros Occidental as of 6 p.m of Monday evening, December 23, 2019, due to typhoon Ursula. Lieutenant Commander Jansen Benjamin, Coastguard…

500-day countdown to Victory of Mactan’s 500th anniversary to kick off with grand cultural show

Norman V. Mendoza 12/13/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City will be the center of a grand cultural show on Saturday December 14 to start the 500-day countdown to the 500th anniversary of the “Victory of Mactan.” There will be a…

NQC: Lapulapu (without the hyphen) is Mactan ruler’s name

Norman V. Mendoza 11/14/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — “It’s Lapulapu and not Lapu-Lapu.” This is the correct spelling of the name of the ruler of Mactan, who defied Ferdinand Magellan and Rajah Humabon of Cebu, according to the National Quincentennial Committee…

Nat’l Historical Commission to probe ongoing Capitol Resource Center project

Futch Anthony Inso 06/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) chairman Rene Escalante will investigate why the Cebu Provincial government had started the construction of the Capitol Resource Center. Escalante, who was surprised upon knowing…

Slim chance for Duterte to join Independence Day celebration at Lapu-Lapu shrine — exec

Futch Anthony Inso 06/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There is a slim chance that President Rodrigo Duterte will attend the National Commemoration of the Independence Day Celebration on June 12, in Lapu-Lapu City. This is according to Dr. Rene Escalante, National…

NHCP: Capitol is taking great risk in proceeding with resource center project

Rosalie O. Abatayo 02/12/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu provincial government is taking a great risk in pursuing with the construction of the 20-story resource center without any clearance from the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP). Dr. Rene Escalante,…

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