LIMASAWA ISLAND, Southern Leyte, Philippines - This island municipality of Southern Leyte, site of the first Mass to be held in the Philippines in 1521, was conferred this year the Nutrition Honor Award (NHA), the highest award in nutrition.Department of Health (DoH) Secretary Enrique T. ...
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LIMASAWA ISLAND, Southern Leyte - This island municipality, which is the site of First Mass in the Philippines, is a two-year successive Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition (CROWN) and is set to receive honors during a National Awarding ceremony slated on November 4.If this 6th...
In 1998, the National Historical Institute (NHI) officially settled the long-standing controversy over the site of the recorded First Mass in the Philippines on 31 March 1521 between Limasawa, Southern Leyte, and Masao, Butuan City in Mindanao. The NHI decided in favor of Limasawa. For years...
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Philippines (PIA) - Consistently being recognized for its nutrition program in the past six consecutive years, the historic island-municipality of Limasawa, this province, shone again after it bagged the Nutrition Honor Award, the first local government unit in Region ...
Located about 4 miles (6 km) off the southern tip of the island of Leyte just outside the mouth of Sogod Bay, Limasawa rises to about 700 feet (200 metres). On this island, Ferdinand Magellan first made extended contact with Filipino natives on March 28, 1521. There also the first ...