Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day is always celebrated every year in Baler, Aurora, to commemorate the Siege of Baler and to improve the already amicable relations between Madre Espana and her onetime rebellious colony.
It was a war of attrition that lasted almost a year; for the Spaniards of the time, it was considered their generation’s Vietnam War.
As part of the celebration of Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day, the Embassy of Spain and Instituto Cervantes de Manila will present “El Idioma español en Filipinas” (The Spanish Language in the Philippines). It will be screened at the Salón de Actos of the Instituto Cervantes today, July 1, at 7 p.m.
Before globalization, there was the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade, where products from the Philippines were shipped to the West and vice-versa.
Fireworks capped Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day last June 30 , the national celebration of which took place in Baler, Aurora.
Baler, Aurora, does not only attract tourists because of surfing sites, of which it has aplenty due to its proximity to Pacific Ocean, but also because of its rich history.
The first 10 years of the Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day every June 30 have paved the way for nine bilateral economic...
