PH Embassy in Oslo Joins Countdown to the 2021 Quincentennial Celebrations

 Official banner of the 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines. (Oslo PE photo)

OSLO 02 January 2020 — The Philippine Embassy in Oslo including the different Philippine foreign service posts joined the countdown of the Philippine government to the Quincentennial Celebrations on 14 December 2019. The said celebration will culminate on April 27, 2021.

The Quincentennial Celebrations marks the victory of Filipino hero Lapu-Lapu against the Spanish fleet of Ferdinand Magellan, a battle which is now known in historical books as the Battle of Mactan. As mandated in Executive Order No. 55 signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on 8 May 2019, the Quincentennial Celebrations also commemorate other historical events that happened in the Philippines from 1519 to 1522 including the celebration of the first Catholic mass in the Philippines and the first circumnavigation of the world by Magellan and Juan Sebastian Elcano. END

Philippine Ambassador to Oslo Jocelyn Batoon-Garcia explains to members of the Filipino community, Norwegian government agencies, and the diplomatic corps, the importance of commemorating the Quincentennial Anniversary of the Battle of Mactan and the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines. (Oslo PE photo)

For more information, visit https://www.oslope.dfa.gov.ph or https://www.facebook.com/PHinNorway/.