Hofileña: Relevance of history in culture and life sunstar.com.ph - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sunstar.com.ph Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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+ February 02, 2021 OVER the past several decades, many groups and individuals have inquired about the historical profile of the Negros Occidental Historical Council Inc. (NOHCI). Hence, due to various requests, our NOHCI Board has seen fit to provide this brief historical profile of our organization. The start of the year is a significant date as our organization as it was originally created by the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental under the Provincial Board Resolution No. 33, dated January 15, 1971 and this year is the 50th year of the NOHCI.
The NOHCI founder was the late Governor Alfredo Montelibano Jr. After the needed organizational processes, the Council was operationally constituted with the appointment of the initial Board of Directors, with Aurelio Locsin as the first Chairman and Fr. Pedro Lerga, OAR; Fr. Bienvinedo Junquera, OSA; Provincial School Superintendent, Fe Dignadice; Nicholas Ledesma and Rolando Espina as Directors.
Hofileña: A special Christmas story sunstar.com.ph - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sunstar.com.ph Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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+ December 16, 2020 ON THIS historic time for humanity, we recall Filipino cultural values with the worldwide celebration of the Christmas season dating back to more than 2,000 years of history. This brief commemoration has also been relevant to the introduction of western socio-cultural customs. Hence, the early Christian practice of the Yuletide Season has been inculturated with the arrival of the Spanish colonizers in 1521 followed by the American influences on Christmas and New Year traditions in the Philippines. It is interesting to note that this western cultural celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ has been harmonized by Filipinos in their cultural values of family, kinship and reciprocity. Thus, the historic Christian tradition has incorporated the practice of giving and receiving gifts in the basic Filipino tradition. These beautiful practices have also been integrated with positive contributions to Filipino values without the negative excesses o