The National Quincentennial Committee (NQC) and the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) began surveying various sites and structures in the Visayas and Mindanao.
The National Quincentennial Committee (NQC), in partnership with the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), held the first focus group discussion (FGD) on Butuan…
The Office of the President of the Philippines has set aside budget for the National Quincentennial Committee (NQC) to gather high-resolution digitized copies of the earliest known manuscripts of the chronicles of Antonio Pigafetta…
The National Quincentennial Committee (NQC) convened in Cebu City on 12-13 December 2018 a panel of historians to review the site of the 1521 Easter Sunday Mass in the Philippines.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on 8 January 2019 designated Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea as chairperson of the National Quincentennial Committtee (NQC).
The National Quincentennial Committee (NQC) launched last 21 December 2018 the country’s commemoration in 2021 of the Victory at Mactan, introduction of Christianity in the Philippines, and Circumnavigation of the world.
The National Quincentennial Committee (NQC) and the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) acknowledge the generous support extended by Philippine Airlines in flying in to Manila the national costume of 2018 Miss Universe Catriona M. Gray and its Philippine History-inspired Pampanga lantern.
Newly-crowned Miss Universe Catriona Gray’s national costume, donned at the Miss Universe pre-pageant ceremonies in Thailand, was the toast of the town on 10 December 2018.
During the 1st Stakeholders’ Meeting at the Archbishop’s Residence in Cebu City on 12 October 2018, the National Quincentennial Committee (NQC) announced its proposal to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to hold the 121st anniversary of the proclamation of Philippine independence at the Lapulapu Shrine on 12 June 2019.
