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GRASSROOTS communication works.
And to say that this has greatly contributed to why President Rodrigo Roa Duterte enjoys a high approval rating from the public is not a one-time thing, but a series of unrelenting efforts to campaign for a more aware and informed citizenry.
The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), under the leadership of Secretary Martin Andanar, has made significant institutional reforms that brought government media to new heights.
As the lead communications arm of the government, Secretary Martin Andanar pushed for the digitization of government media platforms including that of its attached agencies, bringing closer to the people the messages of the President.
Quincentennial Museum to open Monday ahead of Battle of Mactan’s 500th anniversary
Published April 25, 2021 9:48pm
Photo: National Quincentennial Committee The Philippine Quincentennial Museum in Museo Sugbo, Cebu City will open on Monday, April 26 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Lapu-Lapu s victory in the Battle of Mactan. It will feature the Philippines’ part in the first circumnavigation of the world by Magellan, and the colonization of the islands that followed. “It will further debunk the idea that we were discovered by Magellan and that our pre-colonial ancestors were savages and barbaric,” reads a press release from the National Quincentennial Committee (NQC).
Published April 11, 2021, 1:09 PM
The number of people who got the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the government’s different media platforms climbed to 360 on Saturday and the number of deaths rose to six, the latest count of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) showed.
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
Based on the April 10, 2021 update, two deaths came from the PCOO proper, two from PTV-4, one from the APO Production Unit, and another from IBC-13.
IBC-13, the last PCOO-attached agency that logged in a COVID-19 case since the lockdown started last year, now also has an active case.
As of 3 p.m. on Saturday, the PCOO listed down the number of COVID-19 infections in the agency:
MANILA, Mar. 15 On 16 March 2021, the country will commence its 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines (2021 QCP) in Guiuan, Eastern Samar. It is composed of thirty-four quincentennial milestones that will last until October 28 in Sarangani Island, Davao Occidental. These include the 500th anniversary of the Philippine part in the first circumnavigation of the world, the 500th anniversary of the Victory at Mactan, and the 500th anniversary of the introduction of Christianity in the Philippines. A total of thirty-four (34) historical markers will be unveiled between this period: three of which will be in Guiuan, one to be officiated by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte of March 18 in Barangay Ngolos.
MANILA, Mar. 15 President Rodrigo Roa Duterte will unveil on March 18 in Barangay Ngolos, Guiuan, Eastern Samar the historical marker identifying the Philippines’ role in the 500th anniversary of the first circumnavigation of the world. This is part of the President’s itinerary in Eastern Visayas concerning the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.
Joining him in the unveiling is Spanish Ambassador to the Philippines Jorge Moragas Sanchez, National Quincentennial Committee (NQC) Chairperson and Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Senator Bong Go, National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) Chairperson and concurrent NQC Executive Director Rene Escalante, Department of Energy Alfonso Cusi, and several other local chief executives and members of the 500 years committee.