Press Release
PR No. MJD-40-2021
“PH REVOLUTIONARY GEN. EMILIO AGUINALDO TACKLED IN 2ND INSTALLMENT OF JEDDAH PCG INDEPENDENCE DAY WEBINAR SERIES”
13 June 2021, Jeddah- The Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah held on 10 June the second installment of its webinar series, in celebration of Philippine Independence Day. The webinar entitled “Catching Aguinaldo with a Bigger Net Along an Open Road,”had Dr. Maria Eloisa Parco-de Castro, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Letters of the University of Santo Tomas, as resource speaker.
In her lecture, Dr. de Castro presented some facts in national hero and former Philippine President General Emilio Aguinaldo’s life using primary sources such as school records, autobiography, interviews. As no one has perhaps elicited more popular criticism and controversy than Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo among Filipino heroes, Dr. Castro’s lecture was aimed to call for a balanced, more nuanced assessment of Aguinaldo, who played an important role in the regaining of the Philippines of its independence from the Spaniards in 1898.
In her message, Jeddah PCG Consul and Acting Head of Post Mary Jennifer Dingal said that through the webinar series in commemoration of Philippine Independence, participants can gain more knowledge through which may be used not only in the more objective, critical and affective teaching of History to Filipino students, but also in empowering the younger generation of Filipinos in Jeddah or wherever we may may go and instill in them the nationalistic ideals and love for country, and carry with them the Filipino pride and identity!
The webinar was participated by teachers from the three (3) Philippine international schools in Jeddah, namely, the International Philippine School in Jeddah (IPSJ), Al Dura International School Jeddah (ADIS), and the Durat Al Sharq International School Jeddah (DASIS), and member teachers of the Philippine International School Teachers’ Association (PISTA) and academicians based in the Philippines and other countries.
This year’s Independence Day celebration theme is “Diwa ng Kalayaan saPagkakaisa at Paghilom ng Bayan.”-END-
