Guiuan: A Beacon of Hope in the Pacific | Countdown to 500 | 18 March 2021

Join us as University of Guam - Micronesia Area Studies Center Director and Spanish Pacific Historian Dr. Carlos Madrid discusses the central role of Guiuan, Eastern Samar in the history of the Pacific since 1521. This episode of Countdown to 500 is hosted and moderated by Mr. Ian Alfonso of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines.

Countdown to 500 is a special educational online lecture series produced by the National Quincentennial Committee as part of its ongoing public initiatives for the 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines. This lecture series is specially developed to provide timely historical discussions during the COVID-19 Pandemic in partnership with the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, Department of Foreign Affairs Presidential Communications Operations Office, and Radio-Television Malacañang.