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Spanish Ship 'Elcano' Drops Anchor in Eastern Samar
Spanish Ship 'Elcano' Drops Anchor in Eastern Samar
Eastern Samar
By Joyce Ann L. Rocamora March 16, 2021, 8:08 pm
SPANISH SHIP. The Spanish Navy training ship Juan Sebastian Elcano in
the waters off Guiuan, Eastern Samar, the same spot the Magellan-Elcano
expedition first sighted 500 years ago. The school ship has been tracing
the route of the first circumnavigation of the world in 1521 since October
2020. (Photo by Juvelyn Nierves/National Quincentennial Committee)
Meanwhile, the Philippine National Police on Tuesday kicked off its own
commemoration of the 500 years of Christianity in the country ahead of
the national inauguration on April 4, 2021.
Most Reverend Nolly Buco, D.D, JUD, Auxiliary Bishop of Antipolo who
was guest of honor and keynote speaker in the ceremony, espoused the
constitutional guarantee “Public office is a public trust” in his speech.
“As public servants, we also have a vocation. By simply doing our jobs
with honesty, discipline, and integrity, we can be holy just like the saints.
Our jobs, our works are paths to holiness. It is now for us to act upon it,”
Buco said. (PNA)