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Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary is one of the most venerated saintly images in the Philippines.
The shrine commemorates a naval victory won by Spanish and Filipino (Kapampangan) forces, believed by Catholics to have happened through the miraculous intervention of the Virgin Mary against the new Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years' War, the last significant attempt by the Dutch to take the Philippines.
The Tagalog word for boat, "bangka" [baŋkaʔ], which is used in a number of Philippine languages, is derived from the Austronesian word bangka "outrigger canoe".
The Maritime and Ocean Affairs Office (MOAO) was created on 7 October 2014, merging and reorganizing two former DFA offices called West Philippine Sea Center (WPSC) and Ocean Concerns Office (OCO).
Department Order No. 12-2014 recognized the need to merge and consolidate these offices for the DFA to arrive at a more coherent and comprehensive approach to maritime issues, including those vital to national interests.
The Murillo-Velarde Map, regarded as "Mother of all Philippine Maps", is considered as the “holy grail” of Philippine cartography.
The 1734 Murillo-Velarde map shows the entire Philippine archipelago in such detail that it is also considered as the first ever scientific map of the Philippines.
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