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Kalayaan 2011
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Scenes from yesterday’s Kalayaan activities at Aguinaldo Shrine in Kawit, Cavite and the Quirino Grandstand at Luneta in celebration of the 113th anniversary of Philippine Independence.
The celebration started with the simultaneous flag-raising throughout the historical sites in the country: Aguinaldo Shrine, Rizal Park, Barasoain Church, Mausoleo de los Veteranos de la Revolucion in Manila North Cemetery, Andres Bonifacio National Monument in Caloocan City, Pinaglabanan Memorial Shrine in San Juan City, Pamintuan Mansion in Angeles City, Davao City, and Cebu City; with President Benigno Aquino as Guest of Honor at the Wreath laying Ceremony in Aguinaldo Shrine, site of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence in June 12, 1898.
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3D Street Painting
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Avida Land organized a one of a kind 3D street painting festival last weekend at the corner of EDSA and Reliance Street, the site of the new Avida Towers Centera project.
It was participated by 24 teams coming from difference schools and universities.
The painting started on the morning of March 18 until the early hours of the following day. Judging was done on the 19th with cash prizes of 75K, 50K, and 30K respectively for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.
More information on the Centera Project can be found on Avida Land’s website: www.avidaland.com
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25th Anniversary of EDSA Revolution
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From Wikipedia.org:
The People Power Revolution (also known as the EDSA Revolution and the Philippine Revolution of 1986) was a series of popular nonviolent revolutions and prayerful mass street demonstrations in the Philippines that occurred in 1986, which marked the restoration of the country’s democracy. It became a subsequent inspiration for the Revolutions of 1989 that ended communist dictatorships in Eastern Europe. It is sometimes referred to as the Yellow Revolution due to the presence of yellow ribbons during the arrival of Benigno Aquino, Jr.. These protests were the culmination of a long campaign of civil resistance by the people against the 20-year running authoritarian, repressive regime of then president Ferdinand Marcos and made news headlines as “the revolution that surprised the world”.
The majority of the demonstrations took place at Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, known more commonly by its acronym EDSA, in Quezon City, Metropolitan Manila and involved over 2,000,000 Filipino civilians as well as several political, military, and religious figures, such as Cardinal Jaime Sin. The protests, fueled by a resistance and opposition of years of corrupt governance by Marcos, occurred from February 22–25, 1986, when Marcos fled Malacañang Palace to the U.S. state of Hawaii and conceded to Corazon Aquino as the legitimate President of the Philippines.
President Noynoy Aquino leads the nation in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the EDSA Revolution last February 25, 2011 at the People Power Monument near Camp Aquinaldo.
VRs taken on the morning of February 25, 2011. The author can be reached at: fung@firefly.ph
Virtually Yours, Rizal
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Virtualjournals.net joins the nation in celebration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of our National Hero, Dr. Jose Rizal on June 19, 2011.
Rizal Shrine in Fort Santiago
The Rizal Shrine dedicated to the lifework of José Rizal is located on Santa Clara Street, Fort Santiago, Intramuros, Manila.
This is a fortified complex which houses the building the Philippines’ national hero spent his last night and where his family later found concealed in an oil lamp, the famous poem Mi último adiós (My Last Farewell). The shrine is home to various memorabilia, books, manuscripts and artworks belonging to the prodigious and multifaceted Rizal.
The shrine is compose of 2 levels: the first level house the Opening to Memory mural where the trial and execution of Rizal was depicted; the Chamber of Text displays the hero’s writings, manuscripts, and other memorabilia; and lastly, the model of the prison cell where Rizal was incarcerated from 3 November to 29 December 1896. The Reliquary Room on the 2nd level exhibits the things Rizal used while in Europe, at the center of the room, encased in a glass cylinder is a bullet, still lodged in a part of Rizal’s bone from his execution in Luneta.
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2011 Feast of the Black Nazarene
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Celebrated every 9th of January, the Feast of the Black Nazarene is a wooden sculpture of Jesus Christ held to be miraculous by many Filipino devotees. Its original carver is an anonymous Mexican carpenter, and the image was transported by a galleon from Acapulco, Mexico by the Augustinian Recollect Missionaries on May 31, 1606. The image is currently enshrined in the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila.
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