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  The Philippine national holiday Araw ng Kagitingan, commonly known as Bataan Day or Bataan and Corregidor Day, commemorates the fall of Bataan during World War II. It is celebrated on April 9, though in 2009 it was rescheduled to April 6 to avoid clashing with Maundy Thursday. The Japanese forced 76,000 captured Allied soldiers (Filipinos and Americans) to march 80 kilometers across the Bataan Peninsula during the Bataan Death March. During World War II, the march took place in April 1942. For three days, the Japanese denied the detainees food and water. As the troops' health deteriorated, many of them began to fall behind the rest of the squad. The Japanese thrashed and killed anyone who fell behind. Trucks and other army equipment would occasionally run over weary detainees. The inmates were crowded into the trains so tightly that they had to stand for the remainder of the voyage. Those who did not fit had to march the entire distance to the camp. The march was six days long....

  Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday and finishes at sundown on Holy Thursday, is a 40-day period of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. It is a time of preparation for Easter when we celebrate the Lord's Resurrection. We pray to the Lord by reading Sacred Scripture, serve by giving alms, and cultivate self-control by fasting during Lent. We are required not only to abstain from luxury during Lenten fasting, but also to abstain from luxury throughout the year. However, 2021 has been a crazy year from the start, with the COVID-19 epidemic at the top of the list, which has brought the entire world to a halt. Catholics around the world have been experiencing a unique observance of the Lenten season as social separation, house quarantine, and cancellation of mass gatherings have been necessary in recent weeks. With churches turning to social media and other forms of mass communication. Because parishes are open this year, some parishioners can physically attend the mass as long as they...

              Women's History Month begins on March 1st, and it will be much more significant in 2021 since many of the centennial celebrations of women's suffrage in 2020 were cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.      The 2021 National Women's Month Celebration is a tribute, a forum, and a call to action that recognizes ordinary Juanas' exceptional contributions to society as trailblazers and change agents. This festival also serves as a forum for discussing and addressing the challenges that women continue to face in order to achieve maximum empowerment. The movement also calls for meaningful, long-term, and inclusive gender equality acts. Also this month, we'll be sharing inspiring stories to salute the countless women making an impact in their communities, their nation, and the world      Since then, the Women's Month Celebration has acted as a forum for celebrating women's acco...