DOT exec welcomes NHCP ruling on Limasawa as 1st Mass site

Joey Gabieta - @inquirerdotnet 08/24/2020

TACLOBAN CITY—The head of the Eastern Visayas office of the Department of Tourism (DOT) welcomed the decision of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) supporting earlier findings that Limasawa in Southern Leyte was the site…

Mactan Shrine one of the lead sites of 122nd Independence Day

Rosalie Abatayo 06/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — For the second straight year, the Liberty Shrine in Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City will be one of the lead sites in the celebration of the Philippine Independence Day. The National Historical Commission of the…

NHCP: There is no new design of the PH flag

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There is no new design of the Philippine flag. This was the clarification of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) after an image of a supposed new design of the Phillippine…

NHCP releases new portrait of Datu Lapulapu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — State experts on Thursday, May 7, 2020, released to the public a ‘photo-realistic’ painting of Datu Lapulapu. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) unveiled the new portrait of Datu Lapulapu from…

NHCP allows demolition of Hospicio de San Jose building in Binondo

Edgar Allan Sembrano 03/23/2020

The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) approved the demolition of the old Hospicio de San Jose building on Quintin Paredes Street in Binondo, Manila, given that a portion of the historic edifice is saved. The…

Lapu-Lapu Museum for Datu Lapulapu eyed

Doris C. Bongcac 03/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City will soon have its own version of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial with the planned construction of the Lapu-Lapu Museum at the Mactan Shrine in Barangay Mactan. In a Facebook post on…

Move for naming CCLEX as Santo Niño Bridge pushed

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cordova municipal government is pushing to name the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) as “Santo Niño Bridge” since it is expected to open by 2021, in time for the Quincentennial Celebration of Christianity…

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…

Rama: Cebu City to push through with quincentennial activities

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — If the national government would not push through with its celebration of the 500th anniversary of Christianity in the country, the Cebu City should at least organize local activities to commemorate the historic…

Labella mulls 5-hectare lot in SRP for Quincentennial park

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella will be reviewing the recommendations of the City Historical Affairs Commission (CHAC) and the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) on their proposed 5-hectare lot at the South Road…

Labella backs NHCP’s centennial park bid: It’s a chance to honor Lapu-Lapu

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella is willing to provide space for the plan of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) to build a centennial park with a national monument of Lapu-Lapu…

NHCP prepares Cebu for 500th anniversary of Christianity in the Philippines

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) is already preparing Cebu for its “huge” role as hosts for the 500th anniversary of the Roman Catholic Church in the country. NHCP Commissioner Rene Escalante was…

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