by The Good News Pilipinas Team | Apr 26, 2021 | Good Tech
UPDATED. The Santo Niño de Cebu giant solar artwork commemorating the Philippines’ 500 Years of Christianity has been lit to encourage people to be climate heroes. Liter of Light, a Filipino-born global grassroots solar lighting movement, has unveiled the...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Mar 21, 2021 | Good Pinoys
The Filipino nation’s ancestors’ humane treatment of the starving and sick members of the Fernando “Ferdinand Magellan” Magallanes-Juan Sebastian De Elcano crew who arrived in the islands 500 years ago in 1521 is in the spotlight of the...
by Rene Nonoy Molina | Mar 16, 2021 | Good Inspiration
Yoyoy Villame immortalized the event with his witty song “Magellan”. The Portuguese explorer under the employ of the Spanish king first sighted one of the islands in the Philippines on 16 March 1521. A few weeks ago I interviewed Juvelyn Nierves of the NQC...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Mar 16, 2021 | Good Balita
The first circumnavigation of the world 500 years ago is being celebrated today, March 16, 2021, with several events including the release of the Spanish expedition’s route map around the Philippines’ islands in 1521. The day also witnessed the arrival...
by The Good News Pilipinas Team | Mar 9, 2021 | Good Show
We list here the March events in the calendar of activities for the 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines released by the National Quincentennial Committee (NQC). The country’s 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations marks the 500th anniversary of the...