Philippines to mark 100 days to Lapulapu's 500 years
On 17 January 2021, Sunday, the Filipino nation will begin its 100-day countdown to the 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines (2021 QCP). Central in these commemorations is the 500th anniversary of the Victory at Mactan on 27 April 2021 (the reckoning date of the countdown). The Lapu-Lapu City Government will kick-off the countdown at 5:40 p.m. at the Lapulapu Monument, Liberty Shrine, Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City. Highlight of the event is the declaration of the shrine as a site of the permanent display of the Philippine flag through the NHCP Board Resolution No. 10, s. 2020. Confirmed guests are Office of the Presidential Adviser in the Visayas Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino, Philippine Information Agency Director-General Ramon Cualoping III, Lapu-Lapu City Lone District Representative Paz Radaza, Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, and Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Chan. It will be followed by a wreath laying at the Sentinel of Freedom (Lapulapu Monument), Rizal Park, M...