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Thru Proclamation No. 124 signed on January 5, 2017, the month of January of every year is declared National Bible Month, culminating in the last week of January as the National Bible Week. By virtue of Republic Act 11163 signed on December 20, 2018, the last Monday of January every year is proclaimed as a special working holiday in observance of National Bible Day. Republic Act 11163 is known as the National Bible Day Act. Reading the Bible allows us to be certain of what ...God said, as the scripture says, Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth (St. John 17:17) ‘Human beings cannot live on bread alone, but need every word that God speaks.’ (St. Matthew 4:4). Did you know? One of the oldest bible translation in the world is kept in Bohol Provincial Library. The bible is captioned as: La Sagrada Biblia Traducida Al Español, De La Vulgata Latina, Conforme Al Sentido De Los Santos Padres Y Expositores Catolicos, Por El Ilmo. Sr. D. Felipe Scio De San Miguel, Tomo Primero, Del Nuevo Testamento. This Bible is translated into Spanish from the Latin Vulgate by Felipe Scio de San Miguel (1738 1796). Felipe Scio de San Miguel was a former Provincial (superior) of the Piarist Province of Castile. He was a Bishop of the episcopal see of Segovia, Spain. #NationalBibleDay #NationalBibleDayAct #NationalBibleWeek #NationalBibleMonth #Bible #Biblia

Today is the 88th Birth Anniversary of Maria Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, the Eleventh President of the Philippines, Second and Last President of the Fourth Republic, First President of the Fifth Republic. Corazon C. Aquino is the first female President of the Philippines. TIME Magazine christened her the Woman of the Year for 1986, the Philippines Free Press would later name her as the Person of the Century. President Corazon C. Aquino had a tremendous impact on the world’s pe...rception of women in power. She has been described as both the mother of Philippine democracy and as the housewife who led a revolution. #CorazonAquino #President

#OnThisDay January 25, 2021, the celebration of Bohol’s Ubi Festival starts. The Provincial Government of Bohol celebrates the 21st Ubi Festival with a longer period from January 25, 2021 to February 24, 2021 at the tarmac of the old airport in Tagbilaran City, Bohol. The provincial government has chosen the old Tagbilaran City airport as the venue of the festival to ensure the implementation of basic health protocols especially physical distancing amid Covid-19 pandemic. The... month-long festival carries the theme Pagpananum ug Ubi Napuslan, Kagutom nga Dala sa COVID-19 Nabatukan. The Ubi is usually harvested in the month of January so the festival is scheduled on this month. Moreover, it is on this occasion that Ubi farmers gather to share ideas on farming and investment opportunities for their products. Likewise, showcasing their Ubi products and other agricultural commodities and sell it in a much lower price than usual. The festival is also featured by cultural shows and contests. The provincial plant of Bohol is the Purple Boholano Yam or Ubi Kinampay (Dioscorea alata Linnaeus). Bohol is recognized as Ubi producer in the country, and it is the main source of Ubi Kinampay a variety which is sweet and purple-colored, a favorite ingredient for ice cream, cakes and pastries made into jam, pastilles, candies and other desserts. Reference: Office of the Provincial Agriculturist Bohol #UbiFestival #21stUbiFestival #UbiFestival2021 #UbiKinampay #Ubi #Bohol #Philippines #BoholProvincialLibraryDigital

#OnThisDay January 22, 1910, Birth Anniversary of National Artists: Vicente Manansala, National Artist for Painting (1981) and Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero, National Artist for Theater (1997). Vicente S. Manansala (January 22, 1910 August 22, 1981) trained in Paris and at Otis School of Drawing in Los Angeles. His paintings are described as visions of reality teetering on the edge of abstraction. As a young boy, his talent was revealed through the copies he made of the Sagrada Fam...ilia and his mother’s portrait that he copied from a photograph. After finishing the fine arts course from the University of the Philippines, he ran away from home and later found himself at the Philippines Herald as an illustrator. It was there that Manansala developed a close association with Hernando R. Ocampo, Cesar Legaspi, and Carlos Botong Francisco, the latter being the first he admired most. For Manansala, Botong was a master of the human figure. Among the masters, Manansala professes a preference for Cezanne and Picasso whom he says have achieved a balance of skill and artistry. Vicente S. Manansala was honored as National Artist in Painting in 1981. Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero (January 22, 1910 April 28, 1995) is a teacher and theater artist whose 35 years of devoted professorship has produced the most sterling luminaries in Philippine performing arts. Twelve of his works are included in 23 college and high school textbooks and anthologies, and are also included in the Russian Encyclopedia. His plays have been the subject so far of seven Master of Arts theses in English literature. Guerrero taught and trained many notable figures in the Philippine Performing Arts: Behn Cervantes, Celia Diaz-Laurel, Joy Virata, and Joonee Gamboa and others. He was appointed as UP Dramatic Club director and served for 16 years. As founder and artistic director of the UP Mobile Theater, he pioneered the concept of theater campus tour and delivered no less than 2,500 performances in a span of 19 committed years of service. By bringing theatre to the countryside, Guerrero made it possible for students and audiences, in general, to experience the basic grammar of staging and acting in familiar and friendly ways through his plays that humorously reflect the behavior of the Filipino. In 1997, Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero was posthumously distinguished as a National Artist for Philippine Theatre. Source: National Commission for Culture and the Arts, NCCA #VicenteManansala #WilfridoMaGuerrero #NationalArtists #PhilippineHistory #BoholProvincialLibraryDigital

Throwback Thursday: The beautiful scenery in Loreto Cortes, Bohol, Philippines. Photo taken in 1934 Photo: Atty. Bernardino Inting, miembro sa junta provincial sa Bohol; Bohol Provincial Library Archives

#OnThisDay October 29, 1901, the National Museum of the Philippines was established by virtue of Philippine Commission Act No. 284. The National Museum passed by the Philippine Commission was the Insular Museum of Ethnology, Natural History, and Commerce. From 1933, the museum was located on the ground floor of the Old Legislative Building until the Philippine Senate turned over the building to the museum in 1998. The National Museum of the Philippines is an umbrella governme...nt organization that oversees a number of national museums in the Philippines including ethnographic, anthropological, archaeological and visual arts collections. Since 1998, the National Museum has been the regulatory and enforcement agency of the Government of the Philippines in the restoring and safeguarding of important cultural properties, sites, and reservations throughout the Philippines. In 2019, the powers of the National Museum was further expanded through Republic Act No. 11333 which was signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte. Republic Act No. 11333 seeks to strengthen the National Museum of the Philippines that serves as the primary government institution to manage and develop museums and national collections in the areas of arts, cultural heritage and natural history. The National Museum is also dedicated to the mission of collecting, preserving, studying, interpreting and exhibiting the cultural and natural history specimens of the Philippines, from the historic times to the present, albeit the diversity of their cultural origins. The National Museum operates the National Museum of Fine Arts, National Museum of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, and National Planetarium, all located in the National Museum Complex in Manila. The institution also operates branch museums throughout the country. In Bohol, The National Museum opened the Bohol Area Museum also called National Museum Bohol at the Old Capitol Building just beside the Bohol Provincial Library in Tagbilaran City on June 22, 2018. The Old Capitol Building is declared as Important Cultural Property on July 22, 2012. The Old Capitol Building was partially damaged by the 7.2 earthquake that hit the Visayas on October 15, 2013 but eventually restored to its grandeur through the Heritage Restoration and Reconstruction Program implemented by the National Museum. References: 1. National Museum of the Philippines 2. Official Gazette of the Philippines #NationalMuseumOfThePhilippines #NationalMuseum #Museum #BoholAreaMuseum #NationalMuseumBohol #PhilippineHistory #BoholProvincialLibraryDigital

Mrs. Leonila Inday Lelang de la Serna Dimataga Garcia Wife of the most illustrious Son of Bohol, President Carlos P. Garcia The 8th First Lady of the Philippines, 1957-1961...Continue reading

#OnThisDay October 28, 1989, the Supreme Court of the Philippines, voting 8-7, turns down the motion of the Marcoses to bring home the remains of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos, upholding the stand of President Corazon C. Aquino that the return of Marcos’ body to the country poses serious threat to national security.[1] After Ferdinand Marcos died in 1989, his family attempted to bring his remains from Hawaii to the Philippines, by this decision under the administrati...Continue reading

#OnThisDay October 27, 1893, Birth Anniversary of Chief Justice Manuel V. Moran, the 7th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Education: Bachelor of Arts, Liceo de Manila, 1909 Bachelor of Laws, Escuela de Manila, 1913... Admitted to the Bar in 1913 Professional Career: Auxiliary Judge, Iloilo and Pampanga Judge, CFI of: Cavite, Palawan, Tarlac, and Manila Associate Justice, Court of Appeals Chief Justice, Supreme Court, July 9, 1945 Retired in 1951 Highlights: Manuel V. Moran was the first chief justice appointed under the Republic of the Philippines and the first Philippine ambassador to Spain and the Vatican. Info Source: Supreme Court of the Philippines, E-Library #ManuelMoran #SupremeCourtChiefJustice #PhilippineHistory #BoholProvincialLibraryDigital

#OnThisDay October 26, 2007, former President Joseph Ejercito Estrada is pardoned and freed from jail by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.[1] On September 12, 2007, former President Joseph Estrada was sentenced by the Sandiganbayan of plunder and imposed a penalty of reclusión perpetua. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo granted executive clemency to Joseph Estrada based on the recommendation by the Department of Justice (DoJ). Acting Executive Secretary and Press Secretary I...gnacio R. Bunye quoted the signed Order: Whereas, this Administration has a policy of releasing inmates who have reached the age of seventy. Whereas, Joseph Ejercito Estrada has been under detention for six and a half years. Whereas, Joseph Ejercito Estrada has publicly committed to no longer seek any elective position or office. In view hereof in pursuant of the authority conferred upon me by the Constitution, I hereby grant Executive clemency to Joseph Ejercito Estrada, convicted by the Sandiganbayan of plunder and imposed a penalty of reclusión perpetua. He is hereby restored to his civil and political rights. Bunye noted that Estrada committed in his application not to seek public office, and he would be free from his Tanay resthouse.[2][3] Joseph Ejercito Estrada ran for president again in the 2010 presidential election, but was defeated by Senator Benigno Aquino III. He later served as Mayor of Manila for two terms, from 2013 to 2019. References: 1. Profile: Joseph Estrada, BBC News. October 26, 2007 2. Arroyo grants pardon to Estrada, Philippine Daily Inquirer. August 14, 2009 3. Estrada granted executive clemency, GMA News. May 22, 2011 #JosephEjercitoEstrada #Pardoned #GloriaMacapagalArroyo #Presidents #President #PhilippineHistory #BoholProvincialLibraryDigital

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#OnThisDay October 24, 1945, the United Nations is founded by ratification of its Charter. The name United Nations, coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt was first used in the Declaration by United Nations. Roosevelt coined the term United Nations to describe the Allied countries. On New Year’s Day 1942, United States President Roosevelt, UK’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Maxim Litvinov, of the USSR (Russia), and T. V. Soong, of China, signed a short...Continue reading

#OnThisDay October 23, 1944, , just days after the Leyte Landings, the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines with Sergio Osmeña as President was restored in Tacloban, Leyte, by General Douglas MacArthur. General Douglas MacArthur also read the proclamation declaring null and void all laws promulgated by the Second Philippine Republic (the Second Philippine Republic was a Japanese-sponsored Philippine Republic). At the same ceremony, Ruperto Kangleon, the Filipino leade...r of the resistance movement in Leyte, was also appointed the military governor of Leyte. This day also marked the start of the four-day naval Battle of Leyte Gulf during which much of Japan's remaining sea power was destroyed. The Battle of Leyte Gulf is considered the largest naval battle of the Second World War. The Battle of Leyte Gulf was fought in waters near the Philippine islands of Leyte, Samar, and Luzon, from 2326 October 1944, between combined American and Australian forces against the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The Japanese Navy suffered heavy losses and never sailed in comparable force thereafter. References: 1. Philippine Almanac Book of Facts 1986 Edition, p. 57, Bohol Provincial Library 2. Presidential Museum and Library PH #CommonwealthGovernment #ReEstablishment #SergioOsmeña #President #DouglasMacArthur #General #BattleOfLeyteGulf #LeyteGulf #Tacloban #Leyte #NavalBattle #PhilippineHistory #WorldHistory #BoholProvincialLibraryDigital

Throwback Thursday: Taken shortly before the formal ceremonies in connection with the Salazar, Guerillas and Veterans Day celebration last October 22, 1997 at the Salazar Memorial Park in Ubujan, Tagbilaran City. From left to right: former Vice Mayor Jorge Cabalit, former Mayor Jose Joe Torralba, Atty. Victoria Cubero-Noriega (only daughter of the late Capt. Salazar), Atty. Beverly Ann Noriega-Dado (daughter of Victoria), Mrs. Eugenia Nunag, Col. Vicente K. Nunag, Jr., form...er Provincial Librarian Mrs. Salome Ramos, and former Vice Mayor Eddie Israel. Photo and caption by: former Vice Mayor Eddie S. Israel

#OnThisDay October 22, 1942, Battle of Ubujan, Tagbilaran, Bohol, led by Captain Vicente T. Cubero alias Francisco Salazar. Captain Salazar together with his twelve men met their ultimate death. Captain Francisco Salazar, together with Lts. Vicente K. Nunag, Jr., Bienvenido S. Gementiza, and Valentin Polan, and around 300 guerrillas marched from Cantaongon Camp on October 14, 1942, and first established a camp and firing line at Abatan, near the junction of the roads leading ...Continue reading

Captain Vicente T. Cubero alias Francisco Salazar Commanding Officer, Behind the Clouds Force Hero of Moalong, Loon, Bohol Died in Action at Ubujan, Tagbilaran, October 22, 1942...Continue reading

#OnThisDay October 21, 2012, Canonization of Pedro Calungsod as second Filipino saint. Calungsod, the second Filipino canonized by the Roman Catholic Church after (now saint) Pope John Paul II canonized Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila in 1987.[1] Saint Pedro Calungsod (c. 1654 - April 2, 1672) is a Filipino Roman Catholic martyr who was killed while doing missionary work in Guam in 1672 (his body had been thrown into the sea and lost). He was beatified on March 5, 2000, by Pope John P...Continue reading

#OnThisDay October 20, 1944, General Douglas MacArthur lands in Red Beach, Palo, Leyte, accompanied by Commonwealth government-in-exile President Sergio Osmeña and U.S. troops, which began the campaign for the liberation of the Philippines from the Imperial Japanese forces. The landing also marked the re-establishing of the Commonwealth Government on Philippine soil after years of government-in-exile in Washington D.C. President Sergio Osmeña said: General MacArthur and I ha...ve returned together to accomplish a common objective: to restore to our people peace and prosperity, freedom and happiness the enemy wantonly attacked us, interrupting our steady progress toward complete nationhood. The enemy is still on Philippine soil. It is thus our immediate purpose to destroy his power and to expel him from our country. General Douglas MacArthur agreed to leave for Australia before the Philippines surrendered to Japan. But he made a promise to the Philippine people saying I shall return. This time, upon arriving on the shore, General MacArthur waded onto the invasion beach at Leyte and delivered his prepared address into a waiting microphone: People of the Philippines: I have returned. Brigadier General Carlos P. Romulo chronicled the events of the night before landing in Leyte in his book, Osmeña and the Return to the Philippines: I see [Osmeña] vividly in recollection of that night before we landed on Leyte. President Osmeña was alone in his cabin on board the troopship, John Land. I can still see him even now, in his khaki shirt and pants, looking out from the porthole of his cabin into a night, in the stillness of the usual regulation blackout. And I wondered then. What could possibly be the thoughts that crossed his mind as he stood there on the eve of the day that could mean either victory or defeat? Here was the leader of our people about to share all the dangers, known and unknown, of an invading army. And that night, I knew he did not sleep, nor did he many nights before. References: 1. Presidential Museum and Library PH 2. Philippine Almanac Book of Facts 1986 Edition, p. 57, Bohol Provincial Library #LeyteLandings #Palo #Leyte #WorldWar2 #WW2 #CommonwealthGovernment #JapaneseOccupation #JapaneseImperial #SergioOsmeña #President #DouglasMacArthur #General #CarlosRomulo #BrigadierGeneral #PhilippineHistory #BoholProvincialLibraryDigital