00:00Updating news for the latest programs of the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
00:27First, more than 30,000 children from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao
00:34have received early Christmas from Baliksigla.
00:38They were given a nationwide gift-giving day on December 8.
00:44According to the Presidential Communications Office,
00:46President Marcos Jr. ordered agencies to ensure that each community feels the Christmas spirit.
00:55Especially in the face of calamities.
00:58Aside from First Lady Lisa Araneta Marcos,
01:01they will also see the children of Vini and Simon.
01:092,199 children went to Malacanang Grounds
01:15and 27,899 went to the live stream
01:20from 17 local government units and 62 centers across the country.
01:25Each child was given a kiddie gift set
01:28which includes a trolley bag, unan, capote, medias, face and hand towel, tumbler, and relo.
01:36The children were also given inflatables, tractor strain, circus axe, pavitin, and many more.
01:45In his speech, the President said that he is happy to see the children in Malacanang.
01:53Meanwhile, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and First Lady Lisa Araneta Marcos received
02:01the original Murillo-Villardez 7034 map.
02:06This is the first scientific map of the Philippines
02:09that served as a solid evidence in the decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
02:15regarding the right of the country to the West Philippine Sea in 2016.
02:20Our President appealed to the Filipino people
02:24as an inspiration for the message of the Murillo-Villardez 7034 map
02:30to protect those who have a right to us.
02:35The Murillo-Villardez map was created by Jesuit cartographer Pedro Murillo-Villardez
02:41and was engraved by Filipino artists Francisco Suarez and Nicolas de la Cruz Bagay.
02:51According to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.,
02:54the Murillo-Villardez map is an important gift
02:58from the past that shows the clear territory of the Philippines.