(Eagle News Service)
Tag: National Museum
All set for Marcos Jr’s inauguration as 17th PHL president; over 1,250 guests expected at National Museum
DILG encourages LGUs to set livestream areas so more Filipinos could witness event Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr (R) poses with his certificate of proclamation as the country’s president with Senate President Vicente Sotto III, as his mother and former first lady Imelda Marcos (2nd R) and Senator Imee Marcos-Manotoc look on at the House of Representatives in Quezon City, suburban Manila on May 25, 2022. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP) (Eagle News) […]
June 30 declared special non-working holiday in Manila due to inauguration of President-elect Marcos Jr
(Eagle News) – Manila mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso has declared, June 30, Thursday, a special non-working holiday in Manila in line with the scheduled inauguration of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as the 17th president of the Philippines to be held at the National Museum. Domagoso also directed “the Manila Police District and all law enforcement officers, including barangay officials, to strictly adopt and implement security measures in said date.” “To ensure the safety, […]
President-elect Marcos to take oath as PHL’s 17th chief executive at National Museum
(Eagle News) — President-elect Bongbong Marcos will take his oath as the country’s 17th chief executive at the National Museum. According to Incoming Presidential Management Staff secretary Zenaida Angping, the “National Museum of Philippines building and its surrounding areas match our requirements for President-elect Marcos’ inauguration.” According to Angping, the National Museum was chosen over Quirino Grandstand, “to avoid disrupting the medical care being given to the COVID-19 patients housed there.” “Preparations are already in […]
Heavy rains trigger collapse at Yemen’s newly restored museum
TAEZ, Yemen (AFP) — Heavy rains have triggered the collapse of parts of the newly restored National Museum in Yemen’s third city Taez, in the latest loss to the country’s cultural heritage after years of war. Established as an Ottoman palace, then a residence for one of Yemen’s last kings, the building became a museum in 1967 but has since been bombed and its collections pilfered. It was partially restored in 2019, but a recent […]
Brazil’s National Museum, Latin America’s largest
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil’s National Museum, ravaged Sunday by a massive fire, is Latin America’s largest natural history and anthropology museum, with more than 20 million artefacts and 530,000 titles. Marking its 200-year anniversary in June, it was founded in 1818 by Portuguese King Joao VI and has been installed since 1892 in a former royal palace. It sits in the Quinta da Boa Vista public park in the north of Rio […]
Look: Drone images show damages after museum fire in Rio
Drone images show damages after a massive fire ripped through Rio de Janeiro’s treasured National Museum. (AFP) https://youtu.be/MVWyvSqcpEY
Fire engulfs National Museum, one of Brazil’s oldest
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — A massive fire gutted the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, one of Brazil’s oldest, authorities said Sunday, but no injuries were immediately reported. The cause of the fire, which broke out around 2230 GMT, was not yet known, according to local media. Television footage showed the building engulfed by a raging blaze that firefighters had not brought under control. The museum was founded in 1818 by King Joao […]
Replika ni Lolong, bagong atraksyon sa QC wildlife park
(Eagle News) — Ibinigay ng National Museum sa pangangalaga ng Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB), sa ilalim ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), ang replika ni “Lolong,” ang pinakamalaking buwaya sa buong mundo na nahuli sa karagatan ng Agusan del Sur noong 2011. Nakuha ni Lolong ang titulo mula sa Guinness bilang pinakamalaking buwaya na nabihag, ngunit namatay rin ito noong 2013. Ilalagak ang replika ni Lolong sa Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center […]
Discovery of heritage artifacts continues in Ilocos Norte town
SAN NICOLAS, Ilocos Norte, March 22 (PIA) – The discovery of artifacts in this second class town continues to conserve its cultural heritage for future generations. Initially, the National Museum had already declared several structures and a site as protected properties due to its heritage and cultural significance in the town’s history. These are the Roman Catholic Church including its convent (now the Santa Rosa Academy), the 14 via crucis structures (the 14 Stations of […]
National Museum offers free tour this month
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — In observation of the National Heritage Month, the National Museum opened its doors to the public, offering free tour by waiving its usual 150 peso entrance fee. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
Philippines assessing discovery of Japanese sunken ship
The Philippines on Thursday (March 5) said it was verifying reports that a sunken World war II Japanese warship was discovered off the coast in the central Philippines. A team led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has found the sunken Japanese warship Musashi, one of the largest battleships ever built, where it was sunk during World War Two off the coast of the Philippines, the billionaire said on Wednesday (March 4). Presidential Spokesperson Sonny Coloma […]
